These policy briefs prepared by JJCICSI for the Campaign for Land Use Policy (CLUP) Now! explain the urgency of passing a law that will ensure proper use of land for protection and rehabilitation of life-support systems, food security, safe settlements, and more efficient infrastructure systems.
This policy paper aims to shed light on the phenomenon of climate change and its relationship to land use. It seeks to inquire on how the use of our lands may have contributed to climate change, and how the latter’s effects, in turn, have impacted on the country’s land and other resources, the ordinary lives and properties of the people. Would a national land use policy that would have guided land use planning and implementation contribute to mitigating or alleviating the disastrous effects of climate change on lives and properties? Specifically for our cities and municipalities, how can land use planning help reduce the risks and dangers caused by the prolonged dry spells or rainfalls experienced in past years? What have been the efforts of the government, civil society organizations and communities to help reduce the risks and dangers posed by climate change, particularly those related to land/land use?
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