UN warns plastic waste could triple by 2060 without a global treaty, threatening health, ecosystems, and economies worldwide
Environmental and health advocates raised fresh concerns over the human health impacts of plastic pollution during an online forum organized ahead of World Environment Day. The event, titled TOXIC TRUTHS: The Unfiltered Impacts of Plastic on Human Health, was...
EPR must be reinforced with regulations banning single-use plastics, adding the policy should focus on the reduction and minimization of wastes generated at source.
Plastic waste remains a huge problem amid the pandemic, but makers of fast-moving consumer goods remain stuck in waste retrieval and co-processing measures that barely make an impact.
The report said the world’s addiction to single-use plastic is a serious contributor to the climate crisis.
Faith leaders called for moral climate action, urging justice-driven solutions and accountability from nations and fossil fuel industries
Nickel mining in the Philippines worsens climate risks and fuels human rights abuses, leaving vulnerable communities to bear the cost
The new policy undermines the moratorium’s gains, which had encouraged Philippine banks to restrict coal financing and back renewable energy
In the province of Romblon, community leaders decried the continued mining activities on Sibuyan Island, known as the Galapagos of Asia for its rich biodiversity
CEED warns the DOE’s easing of coal restrictions undermines the Philippines’ renewable energy transition and weakens climate accountability