ABOUT US
Historical Background
The adverse environmental risks and problems the country is facing necessitate a drive for environmental management toward sustainable development. This depends on extensive public awareness and understanding, adoption of new values and change in attitudes towards the preservation of our natural and agricultural resources.
Responding to the call for conservation and management of the natural environment, the Office of the Vice President for Academic Affairs of the Central Luzon State University proposed the creation of the Environmental Management Institute (EMI). The CLSU Board of Regents approved the establishment of the EMI on March 11, 1997.
Climate change is already affecting Southeast Asia including the Philippines with rising temperature, decreasing rainfall, rising sea levels, increasing frequency and intensity of extreme weather events such as typhoon leading to massive flooding, landslides and drought causing damage to property, assets and human life. Though climate change is global in nature, addressing climate change requires local action. Thus, integration of climate change and disaster risk management to Environmental Management Institute was proposed to step up efforts and make decisive actions to combat climate change in the region. The CLSU Board of Regents approved the integration of climate change and disaster risk management to Environmental Management Institute on September 21, 2011 and was named as the Institute for Climate Change and Environmental Management (ICCEM).
In 2020, the University Code was revised which include the reorganization of CLSU. All research institute and centers as well as academic institutes and centers of Academic Affairs Program were subsumed by the various colleges of the university. The Board of Regents approved the Revised University Code on July 9, 2020. Hence, the ICCEM became one of the units under the College of Science.
In 2026 following further university reorganization under Board of Regents Resolution No. 65, s. 2025, the institute was transferred to the Office of the Vice President for Research, Innovation and Extension and renamed the Center for Climate Change and Environmental Management (CCCEM). Placing the center under the direct supervision of the OVPRIE, along with the allocation of a dedicated budget for research and operations, underscores the strategic importance of aligning the center’s objectives with the university’s broader research and innovation agenda.
MISSION
CLSU shall develop globally competitive, work-ready, socially-responsible and empowered human resources who value life-long learning; and to generate, disseminate, and apply knowledge and technologies for poverty alleviation, environmental protection, and sustainable development.
VISION
CLSU as a world-class National Research University for science and technology in agriculture and allied fields.
PHILOSOPHY
The ultimate measure of the effectiveness of Central Luzon State University as an institution of higher learning is its contribution to and impact on the educational, economic, social, cultural, political and moral well-being and environmental consciousness of the peoples it serves.
CLSU CORE VALUES AND PRINCIPLES
- QUALITY AND EXCELLENCE
- INNOVATIVENESS AND CREATIVITY
- INCLUSIVENESS AND STEWARDSHIP
- TRANSFORMATIVE AND CARING
- EFFICIENCY AND EFFECTIVENESS
- HARD WORK AND INTEGRITY
- TRANSPARENCY AND ACCOUNTABILITY
- COMMITMENT TO PUBLIC SERVICE
OUR GOALS AND OBJECTIVES
The proposed goal and objectives of the Center for Climate Change and Environmental Management are as follows:
GOALS:
The Center for Climate Change and Environmental Management is dedicated to lead and provide research, innovation and extension services on the causes and consequences of climate change and provide environmental management in the natural and agricultural resources with options for a healthy, sustainable and productive environment.
OBJECTIVES:
- Lead climate change adaptation, mitigation, and environmental management initiatives from campus to community and beyond.
- Advance innovative, interdisciplinary research on climate, biodiversity, disaster risk reduction, and environmental sustainability.
- Develop and transfer science-based technologies and policies that strengthen climate resilience and sustainable practices.
- Empower resilient communities through environmental education, training, extension services, and public awareness programs.
- Build strong local, national, and international partnerships to address climate change and environmental challenges.
