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Philippine cities need improved monitoring and evaluation tools for Climate Finance accountability – experts

Jhian Aranas2024-10-27T21:51:05+08:0024 Oct 2024|Tags: Clean Air Act, Climate Action, mobility, Press Release, Urban Act|

The recent Roundtable Discussion on Urban Climate Finance, held in Quezon City was organized under the Integrated Urban Climate Action for Low-Carbon and Resilient Cities (Urban-Act) Project, a regional initiative led by the Deutsche Gesellschaft für Internationale Zusammenarbeit (GIZ) GmbH. In the Philippines, the Institute for Climate and Sustainable Cities (ICSC) is an implementing partner [...]

Poor air quality increases TB risk among the vulnerable [BusinessWorld]

Jhian Aranas2022-09-12T12:04:41+08:0007 Sep 2022|Tags: air pollution, air quality, Business World, Clean Air Act, CREA, DOH, Greenpeace, health, Patricia Mirasol, Rachel Herrera, TB, urban poor, USAID|

AIR POLLUTION has an unequal impact on health, with the most vulnerable people bearing the brunt of its ill effects, according to Greenpeace. In a report released on Sept. 1, the independent global campaigning network said that socioeconomic deprivation increases an individual’s vulnerability to air pollution and chronic health conditions.

Killer air

Ira Guerrero2021-12-16T12:11:06+08:0005 Dec 2021|Tags: air pollution, air quality, Clean Air Act, COVID-19, Philippine Daily Inquirer|

December 5, 2021 | Editorial published by Philippine Daily Inquirer | READ THE STORY HERE A week into the initial COVID-19 lockdown in March last year, residents of Metro Manila, the country’s economic hub, looked out of their windows and saw clear, blue skies and pronounced skylines they hadn’t seen in decades. With people locked inside [...]

PH loses ₱4.5T each year due to poor air quality -The Final Word (CNN PH)

Jhian Aranas2021-11-15T12:09:16+08:0014 Nov 2021|Tags: air pollution, Clean Air Act, CNN PH, COP26, CREA, DENR EMB, PM2.5, Red Constantino, Rico Hizon|

In CNN Philippines' The Final Word last November 12, ICSC executive director Red Constantino talks about the recent air quality report by ICSC and the Centre for Research on Energy and Clean Air (CREA), which states that the Philippines loses Php4.5 trillion annually due to air pollution, and insights and recommendations on the climate negotiations in [...]

Pollution costs P4.5 trillion, 66,000 lives every year

Ira Guerrero2021-11-12T19:04:25+08:0012 Nov 2021|Tags: air pollution, air quality, Centre for Research on Energy and Clean Air, clean air, Clean Air Act, CREA, DENR, DENR EMB|

by Krixia Subingsubing | November 12, 2021 | Published by Inquirer.net | READ THE STORY HERE MANILA, Philippines — In a year, air pollution is costing the Philippines P4.5 trillion and causing tens of thousands of deaths, according to a new report assessing air quality since the implementation of the Clean Air Act 20 years [...]

Clean air advocates say updates required for PHL air quality norms

Ira Guerrero2021-11-12T18:39:52+08:0012 Nov 2021|Tags: air pollution, air quality, BusinessWorld, Centre for Research on Energy and Clean Air, clean air, Clean Air Act, COVID-19, CREA, World Health Organization|

November 10, 2021 | Published by BusinessWorld | READ THE STORY HERE Air quality standards are falling behind international norms, with the two-decade-old Clean Air Act not up to the task of minimizing untimely death as a result of substandard air, clean air advocates said in a report. The Centre for Research on Energy and [...]

Neglect of air quality costs PHL $87 billion annually, more Covid deaths and illnesses

Jhian Aranas2021-11-10T14:47:34+08:0010 Nov 2021|Tags: Aim Higher, air pollution, Clean Air Act, CREA, DENR, EMB, Isabella Suarez, PM2.5, Vince Carlo Garcia|

Quezon City, 10 November 2021 — Twenty years after the passage of the Philippine Clean Air Act, a new report by the Centre for Research on Energy and Clean Air (CREA) and the Institute for Climate and Sustainable Cities (ICSC) entitled “Aiming Higher: Benchmarking the Philippine Clean Air Act” pegged the yearly bill for neglecting air [...]

Implement Clean Air Act, raise air quality standards vs. pandemic – experts

Ira Guerrero2021-10-18T16:07:32+08:0014 Oct 2021|Tags: air pollution, air quality, Center for Research on Energy and Clean Air, Clean Air Act, CREA, RA 8749, Stories for a Better Normal, WHO, World Health Organization|

MANILA, 14 October 2021 -- Experts today called on the government to implement the Clean Air Act with a “higher sense of urgency” in keeping with the latest air quality guidelines issued by the World Health Organization (WHO). Air quality advocates said the standards need to be raised drastically as air pollution is the leading [...]

ANC | Rep. Legarda: Whole of gov’t approach needed to mitigate air pollution effects

Ira Guerrero2021-09-28T16:46:06+08:0028 Sep 2021|Tags: air quality, ANC, clean air, Clean Air Act, Dateline Philippines, Loren Legarda, WHO, World Health Organization|

Reposted from the ANC 24/7 Youtube channel Dateline Philippines: House Deputy Speaker Loren Legarda underscores the importance for the whole Philippine government to update its air quality standards in accordance to the WHO's guidelines.

Legarda: Ensure implementation of Clean Air Act, new WHO air pollution standards

Ira Guerrero2021-09-23T16:40:31+08:0023 Sep 2021|Tags: air pollution, air quality, Clean Air Act, Loren Legarda, RA 8749, WHO, World Health Organization|

September 23, 2021 | Published by Deputy Speaker Loren Legarda | READ THE STORY HERE MANILA, 23 September 2021 — Three-term Senator and Deputy Speaker Loren Legarda welcomed the World Health Organization’s (WHO) release yesterday of new outdoor air pollutions standards and called for a stronger implementation of the Philippine Clean Air Act (Republic Act [...]