Philippine Senate Committee on Environment, Natural Resources and Climate Change

Committee on Environment, Natural Resources and Climate Change
Senate of the Philippines 20th Congress
History
New session started	July 28, 2025 (2025-07-28)
Leadership
Chair	Camille Villar (Nacionalista) since July 29, 2025 (2025-07-29)
Structure
Seats	17
Political groups	Majority (13)   Nacionalista (4)   NPC (3)   PDP (3)   Liberal (1)   Lakas (1)   Independent (1) Minority (4)   Independent (2)   NPC (1)   Akbayan (1)

The Philippine Senate Committee on Environment, Natural Resources and Climate Change is a standing committee of the Senate of the Philippines.

This committee was formed after the Committee on Environment and Natural Resources and the Committee on Climate Change were merged on September 3, 2019, pursuant to Senate Resolution No. 9 of the 18th Congress. ^[1]

Jurisdiction

According to the Rules of the Senate, ^[2] the committee handles all matters relating to:

• Conservation and protection of the environment
• Policies, programs, strategies, technologies and other innovations addressing global warming and climate change impacts, including, but not limited to, climate risk management to reduce vulnerability associated with climate-sensitive areas and sectors, the regulation of the impact of human activities on the same, the promotion of environmental awareness of our citizens, the renewal of resources in damaged ecosystems and other environment-related issues
• Adaptation and mitigation or control of greenhouse gas emissions to enhance resilience and to promote sustainable development
• Philippine compliance with the relevant international agreements and cooperation with other countries
• Development, protection, exploration, storage, renewal, regulation and licensing, and wise utilization of the country's national reserves including, but not limited to, forest, mineral, public land, offshore areas and the development of industries based on these resources

Members, 20th Congress

Based on the Rules of the Senate, the Senate Committee on Environment, Natural Resources and Climate Change has 17 members.

Position	Member [3]	Party
Chairperson	Camille Villar		Nacionalista
Vice Chairpersons	Pia Cayetano		Nacionalista
	Ronald dela Rosa		PDP
	Erwin Tulfo		Lakas
Deputy Majority Leaders	JV Ejercito		NPC
	Rodante Marcoleta		Independent
Members for the Majority
	Win Gatchalian		NPC
	Bong Go		PDP
	Lito Lapid		NPC
	Imee Marcos		Nacionalista
	Robin Padilla		PDP
	Francis Pangilinan		Liberal
	Mark Villar		Nacionalista
Deputy Minority Leaders	Migz Zubiri		Independent
	Risa Hontiveros		Akbayan
Members for the Minority	Loren Legarda		NPC
	Panfilo Lacson		Independent

Ex officio members:

• Senate President pro tempore Jinggoy Estrada
• Majority Floor Leader Joel Villanueva
• Minority Floor Leader Tito Sotto

Committee secretary: Eloisa R. Tecson

Historical membership rosters

18th Congress

Position	Member [4]	Party
Chairperson	Cynthia Villar		Nacionalista
Vice Chairpersons	Francis Tolentino		PDP–Laban
	Pia Cayetano		Nacionalista
Members for the Majority	Nancy Binay		UNA
	Ronald dela Rosa		PDP–Laban
	Imee Marcos		Nacionalista
	Manny Pacquiao		PDP–Laban
	Joel Villanueva		CIBAC
	Lito Lapid		NPC
	Richard Gordon		Independent
	Bong Go		PDP–Laban
	Win Gatchalian		NPC
Members for the Minority	Francis Pangilinan		Liberal
	Risa Hontiveros		Akbayan
	Leila de Lima		Liberal

Committee secretary: Maria Clarinda R. Mendoza

See also

• List of Philippine Senate committees

References

1. "Senate Resolution No. 9 (18th Congress)" (PDF). Senate of the Philippines. September 3, 2019. Retrieved September 27, 2020.
2. "Rules of the Senate" (PDF). Senate of the Philippines. July 2020. Retrieved September 27, 2020. This article incorporates text from this source, which is in the public domain .
3. "Senate Permanent Committees - 20th Congress" (PDF). Senate of the Philippines . Retrieved 20 August 2025.
4. "Senate Permanent Committees - 18th Congress" (PDF). Senate of the Philippines. September 24, 2020. Archived (PDF) from the original on September 25, 2020. Retrieved September 27, 2020.