BEYOND BUDGET
Assalamu alaikum wa Rahmatullahi wa Barakatuh.
February has always been associated with love. While the most popular kind is romantic love, I believe there are other kinds of love. One is love for the environment. Because for me, loving oneself, another, and the country must also equate to loving the environment that sustains them.
Thus, when I was the secretary of the Department of Budget and Management, I advocated for climate resilience and sustainability, especially through public procurement.
I realized that the government has enormous power to influence outcomes simply through how it spends funds. Public procurement represents an average of 13 to 20 percent of our gross domestic product. In fact, for Fiscal Year 2025, our climate change expenditures grew by 152.7 percent from the previous year’s budget.
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