The Climate Change Commission on highlighted the importance of forging a more potent agriculture sector, to help ease the impending impact of the climate change in particular with the food production.

CCC Commissioner Albert dela Cruz said in a statement that the government must take lead in developing the agricultural industry and likewise establish any linkage with regards to neighboring countries for cooperative efforts.

“A recent report by the United Nations Food and Agriculture Organization (UNFAO) highlighted that around 2.3 billion people lacked access to adequate food in 2021. This [is] almost 30 percent of the world’s population,” Dela Cruz said.

He added that the report gave credence that “severe food insecurity that has increased globally and in every region.”

Dela Cruz also suggested that apart from climate change, the government should also take into consideration the pandemic and other global issues such as the Russia-Ukraine conflict that hamper food distribution and production and exacerbate the country’s “already fragile food economy.”

He explained that CCC is looking to pursue “data-driven and science-based” policies to address climate change.

Aside from this he also said that there is an urgent need by the government to protect the environment and the planet.

“We must look [at] data-driven and science-based policy decisions while focusing [on] leveraging innovation and science, technology and new strategies to afford our farmers, fisher folk, forest rangers and agricultural producers with the necessary tools that would empower them to be productive, resilient and effective,” Dela Cruz said.

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