By ex-Philippines Senator Loren Legarda - In my speech yesterday during the roundtable discussion of COP26 climate defenders with the @ukinthephilippines, I highlighted the country’s initiatives to ban single-use plastics and the critical role of youth in environmental protection and climate action.
The @houseofrepsph has recently passed on 2nd reading House Bill 9147, a measure I co-authored that seeks to phase out and eventually ban single-use plastics over a period of four years, with some, earlier within one year.
Citing the recent study of The Ocean Cleanup organization which named the PHL as the world’s top plastic-emitting country into the ocean with Pasig, Tullahan, and Meycauayan Rivers among the rivers that carry the most amounts of trash and plastic into our seas, I expressed dismay over the country’s lack of compliance with the Republic Act 9003 or Ecological Solid Waste Management Act which was passed into law two decades ago.
There is still no updated National Solid Waste Management Framework, and twenty years after the RA 9003’s passage, there are still no concrete guidelines and relevant action plans geared towards the implementation of the phase-out of non-environmentally acceptable products or packaging, reason why I filed House Reso 1829, urging the conduct of an inquiry and audit of the National Solid Waste Management Commission and relevant national government agencies in relation to the implementation of the said law and its provision on non-environmentally acceptable products or packaging.
I also filed House Bill 9181 or the Philippine Ecosystem and Natural Capital Accounting System (PENCAS) Law which seeks to develop and implement an ecosystem and natural accounting system and which will give importance to the role, and impact of our country’s natural resources on the economy.
On the role of the youth, I said that the youth are very much engaged in climate justice and preservation especially on the digital stage and their engagement is crucial in the environmental commitment of the country. @danielpruce @cccphl @apatlima @icsc_ph @climaterealityph @nazcacastro @dof_ph @atomaraullo @kuyakim_atienza @asean_centre_for_biodiversity @munditalim @oceana_ph
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