Rachel Anne Herrera

Rachel Anne Herrera is a commissioner of the Climate Change Commission, the agency for policy-making and program coordination on climate change under the Government of the Philippines. She is the designated national focal for gender and climate to the UN Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC), and chairs the CCC Gender and Development Focal Point System. She co-led the formulation of the National Adaptation Plan, and Nationally Determined Contribution Implementation Plan and Gender Action Plan for the country’s greenhouse gas emission reduction targets. 

 As former chief legal officer in the Office of Senator Loren Legarda, she supported the enactment of climate and environmental laws and treaties, including the Philippines’ accession to the Paris Agreement. She previously served on the Green Climate Fund Board as alternate member for Asia Pacific and has more than 20 years of experience in the public policy and international humanitarian sector.