1. Greening the Philippines Isagani R Serrano President, PRRM ACF-FES Green Conference 25-27 July 2013 1/11/20161 ganiserrano/prrm acf/fes green conference

2. How green is green? Green economy in 1992 Rio Earth Summit equals sustainable development. Green economy in Rio+20 not the same, narrow Green in PHI, not reduced to Pnoy’s National Greening Program (NGP), is more like Rio ‘92 or sustainable development, at least in rhetoric Green policymaking began in Marcos time—1972 Stockholm UN Conference 1/11/20162 ganiserrano/prrm acf/fes green conference

3. MDG 7 as green minimum MDG 7 on environmental sustainability with ff targets: 1. Integration of sustainable development in policies; 2. Increase in forest cover; 3. Increase in protected areas; 4. Improvement in the lives of slum dwellers, esp. on water & sanitation Assessment: likely to be achieved by 2015 1/11/20163 ganiserrano/prrm acf/fes green conference

4. Green maximum All ecosystems: from the mountains to the coasts & seas and the air above us Green, blue, brown agendas Climate change: adaptation (CCA), also mitigation (CCM) Disaster risk reduction Comprehensive policy reference: PA 21 1/11/20164 ganiserrano/prrm acf/fes green conference

5. Building green communities Overcoming stubborn paradoxes: 1. Growth that leaves behind so many 2. Growth with high inequality 3. Growth with environmental degradation Inclusive growth: an illusion? Prosperity without growth: is this possible? 1/11/20165 ganiserrano/prrm acf/fes green conference

6. Changing the game What if we change the measures? Will this change the game? 1/11/20166 ganiserrano/prrm acf/fes green conference

7. What if we measure progress this way? % food supply grown organically % streams you can drink from safely Average age of trees in the forest Population trends of migrating songbirds Shortened food miles (distance between where food is grown and consumed) Average distance travelled by a person each year % elections when you vote for a politician you really trust and like Average distance between living places of members of extended family Average number of minutes spent everyday in prayer, meditation, or quiet time % of “clowns” or people with sense of humor in a village or community % of people who say they have “enough” 1/11/20167 ganiserrano/prrm acf/fes green conference

8. Is this possible? 1/11/20168 ganiserrano/prrm acf/fes green conference

9. Building green communities ECOTOWNS: dream scenario of NCCAP in the local by the CCC 7 NCCAP components: food security; water sufficiency; ecological & environmental stability; human security; climate-smart industries & services; sustainable energy; knowledge & capacity development “Climate-proofed” land use &development plans 1/11/20169 ganiserrano/prrm acf/fes green conference

10. Building green communities “Agropolis” (Palafox)--- bringing the city to the farm, the farm to the city Shortening the mile (read carbon footprint): food mile, education mile, health mile, cultural mile, etc Reducing carbon intensity, carbon footprint, ecological footprint overall 1/11/201610 ganiserrano/prrm acf/fes green conference

11. PRRM strivings Dream: Building sustainable communities What it means: building resilience in communities and their environments; a local economy that gives decent work to all; sustainable consumption and production minding local carrying capacity; self sufficiency and self reliance; self- governance/local autonomy Programs: sustainable/organic agriculture, CB- CRM/sustainable fisheries; CDRR; local trading & finance; CO & partnership with local government; national advocacies for resource transfers to local; etc. 1/11/201611 ganiserrano/prrm acf/fes green conference

12. PRRM disaster response: from relief to release 1/11/201612 ganiserrano/prrm acf/fes green conference

13. PRRM disaster response: from relief to release 1/11/201613 ganiserrano/prrm acf/fes green conference

14. PRRM: securing food & building resilience 1/11/201614 ganiserrano/prrm acf/fes green conference

15. PRRM: ecosystem rehabilitation & long-term food security 1/11/201615 ganiserrano/prrm acf/fes green conference

16. National advocacy: Greening the PDP 1/11/201616 ganiserrano/prrm acf/fes green conference

17. National advocacy: Greening the PDP 1/11/2016 ganiserrano/prrm acf/fes green conference 17

18. Global advocacy: climate justice 1/11/2016 ganiserrano/prrm acf/fes green conference 18

19. But in the end… Greening is making sustainable development happen at the local. 1/11/2016 ganiserrano/prrm acf/fes green conference 19

20. Thank you. 1/11/2016 ganiserrano/prrm acf/fes green conference 20