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    A scavenger collects reusable plastic from the illegal open dumpsite in Malapatan town in the southern Philippines. Image by Bong S. Sarmiento.

    Climate Change · Health · Waste · Water

    Connecting the dots: Innovative solutions to reduce plastic waste and mitigate climate change impacts

    By Purple Romero A dead whale filled with plastic trash. Containers of trash shipped back to a foreign country after six years. The problem of plastic waste and the Philippines[…]

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    Polluted fishing community along Manila Bay near the Freedom Island. credit: IVAbano

    Health · Waste

    China’s ban on waste imports worsens plastic waste crisis in Southeast Asia

    By Imelda V. Abano Southeast Asia, home to four of the world’s top marine plastic polluters, has to face up the true cost of the plastic crisis. After China shuts[…]

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    Rainbow Warrior in the Philippines

    Biodiversity · Health · Waste · Water

    Greenpeace’s Rainbow Warrior sails in PH to tackle plastic pollution

    Manila, Philippines – Over the weekend, environmental organization Greenpeace Philippines will be opening its most iconic ship, the Rainbow Warrior, to the public. The Rainbow Warrior is coming back to[…]

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    LLDA personnel put up a 'notice of violation' in one of the establishments along Manila Bay. photo by DENR

    Eco-Cities · Health

    20 more establishments cite for polluting Manila Bay

    By Susan G. De Leon Published on February 24, 2019, Philippine Information Agency The Laguna Lake Development Authority (LLDA) recently cited 20 more establishments in the cities of Pasay and[…]

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    WHO report

    Climate Change · Health

    Keeping climate action on track: Where are we now?

    KATOWICE, Poland – In 2015, more than 195 countries agreed to adopt the landmark Paris Agreement which laid out the path to an ambitious future of a climate-resilient world. However,[…]

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    Climate Change · Health · International

    Urgent action to fight climate change needed to save millions of lives, says WHO

    By Imelda V. Abano KATOWICE, Poland – Governments need to act swiftly to save about a million of lives a year by 2050 through reducing air pollution, according to a[…]

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