Friday, March 24, 2023
manilastandard.net
ADVERTISEMENT
  • About
  • News
    • Top Stories
    • National
    • World News
    • Pinoy Abroad
    • Features
  • Opinion
    • Editorial
    • Columns
    • Soundbytes
  • LGUs
    • NCR
    • Luzon
    • Visayas
    • Mindanao
  • Business
    • Corporate
    • Economy & Trade
    • Stocks
    • Money
    • Agri & Mining
    • Power & Tech
    • IT & Telecom
  • Sports
    • Basketball
    • Volleyball
    • Fightsports
    • Active
    • Sports Plus
    • One Championship
    • Columns
  • Entertainment
    • TV & Movies
    • Celebrity Profiles
    • Music & Concerts
    • Digital Media
    • Columns
  • Lifestyle
    • Food
    • Culture & Media
    • Fashion
    • Health and Home
    • Leisure
    • Shopping
    • Columns
  • Others
    • Pets
    • Pop.Life
      • Newsmakers
      • Hangouts
      • A-Pop
      • Post Its
      • Performances
      • Malls & Bazaars
      • Hobbies & Collections
    • Technology
      • Gadgets
      • Computers
      • Business
      • Tech Plus
    • MS ON THE ROAD
      • Sedan
      • SUV
      • Truck
      • Bike
      • Accessories
      • Motoring Plus
      • Commuter’s Corner
    • Home & Design
      • Residential
      • Commercial
      • Construction
      • Interior
    • Spotlight
    • Gallery
      • Photos
      • Videos
    • Events
      • Seminars
      • Exhibits
      • Community
    • Biyahero
      • Travel Features
      • Travel Reels
      • Travel Logs
  • Advertise with Us
No Result
View All Result
  • About
  • News
    • Top Stories
    • National
    • World News
    • Pinoy Abroad
    • Features
  • Opinion
    • Editorial
    • Columns
    • Soundbytes
  • LGUs
    • NCR
    • Luzon
    • Visayas
    • Mindanao
  • Business
    • Corporate
    • Economy & Trade
    • Stocks
    • Money
    • Agri & Mining
    • Power & Tech
    • IT & Telecom
  • Sports
    • Basketball
    • Volleyball
    • Fightsports
    • Active
    • Sports Plus
    • One Championship
    • Columns
  • Entertainment
    • TV & Movies
    • Celebrity Profiles
    • Music & Concerts
    • Digital Media
    • Columns
  • Lifestyle
    • Food
    • Culture & Media
    • Fashion
    • Health and Home
    • Leisure
    • Shopping
    • Columns
  • Others
    • Pets
    • Pop.Life
      • Newsmakers
      • Hangouts
      • A-Pop
      • Post Its
      • Performances
      • Malls & Bazaars
      • Hobbies & Collections
    • Technology
      • Gadgets
      • Computers
      • Business
      • Tech Plus
    • MS ON THE ROAD
      • Sedan
      • SUV
      • Truck
      • Bike
      • Accessories
      • Motoring Plus
      • Commuter’s Corner
    • Home & Design
      • Residential
      • Commercial
      • Construction
      • Interior
    • Spotlight
    • Gallery
      • Photos
      • Videos
    • Events
      • Seminars
      • Exhibits
      • Community
    • Biyahero
      • Travel Features
      • Travel Reels
      • Travel Logs
  • Advertise with Us
No Result
View All Result
manilastandard.net
No Result
View All Result
Home Opinion Columns

Fight pollution, climate change

Erwin TulfobyErwin Tulfo
November 17, 2022, 12:10 am
in Columns, Opinion, Point of Impact by Erwin Tulfo
Reading Time: 4 mins read
A A
Share on FacebookShare on TwitterShare on Email

“The country’s rich biodiversity is constantly under threat from human activities, including deforestation and forest degradation, illegal fishing and illicit wildlife trade”

Yesterday I saw on the internet 1978 photos of Plaza Miranda and, across from the Quiapo Church, the Minor Basilica of the Black Nazarene, is the iconic Mercury Drug branch, now a 57-year old structure as old as I am.

The area is a personal favorite and an important part of my life being a longtime devotee of Mahal Na Poong Nazareno.

But what struck me in one of the nostalgic pictures is the air monitoring apparatus that stood in front of the Mercury Drug store near the foot of the Quezon Bridge.

The robust black steel structure indicates in big bold digits the “air pollution index” and exact time of day.

Understandably, the air quality monitor was a device that measured the level of common air pollutants in the area which effectively served as a visual reminder of the importance of clean air.

ADVERTISEMENT

Students at high schools nearby were assigned to report on the air pollution index as indicated on the said digital device in their Science class daily.

I remember the same air quality monitors were erected in other locations including EDSA.

I do not know why they removed such digital devices in key locations in Metro Manila which did not obstruct vehicular traffic anyway.

Although such information on air quality in different localities may now be available online, we must promote awareness about clean air and effects of climate change in every way we can.

Climate change should be everyone’s concern as its repercussions will increasingly impact the lives of future generations.

The country’s resiliency and adaptation to climate change is a national priority, President Ferdinand Bongbong Marcos, Jr. (PBBM) has said repeatedly.

PBBM said combating climate change is a “battle we must wage and a battle that we must win.”

“We must ensure that the initiatives we will take will be smarter, more responsible, and more sustainable,” PBBM added.

When he spoke before the UN General Assembly, he made the urgent call on industrialized countries “to lead by example by immediately fulfilling their obligations under the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change and the Paris Agreement to cut their greenhouse gas emissions, and providing climate financing and technology transfer for adaptation for the most vulnerable and developing countries.”

He strongly delivered the same message during last week’s 40th Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) Summit in Phnom Penh, Cambodia.

While we build resilience against impacts of climate change, we should ensure that the country’s emissions of greenhouse gases (methane and carbon dioxide) are strictly checked.

The Philippines’ greenhouse gas emissions rank in the top 25 percent among low-and middle-income countries, with emissions from the energy sector projected to quadruple by 2030, particularly with the transport sector doubling its emissions.

Meanwhile, super typhoons and dry spells have alternately hit various regions of the country, causing massive losses to the agricultural sector.

A study on climate change by the international Climate Central shows that regions where some 150 million people currently live are projected to submerge by 2050, including the Philippines.

That means people living along the coastlines of the country’s 7,641 islands will be affected, including top tourist destination Boracay island.

Apart from global warming and climate change, the country is beset by illegal mining and logging, deforestation, threats to environmental activists, dynamite fishing, landslides, coastal erosion, and biodiversity extinction.

The country’s rich biodiversity is constantly under threat from human activities, including deforestation and forest degradation, illegal fishing and illicit wildlife trade.

The keyword in what President BBM said about climate change is “sustainability” which means we should conserve and protect the environment from destruction so that natural resources will be available to us in the years to come.

Let us stop “killing ourselves.” Instead we must do everything to mitigate the effects of climate change for the sake of our children.

Tags: Air PollutionClimate changeErwin TulfoPollution
ADVERTISEMENT
Erwin Tulfo

Erwin Tulfo

Related Posts

Expanding EDCA’s reach

byManila Standard
March 24, 2023, 12:20 am
0
8
Southwoods nails Seniors’ Fil golf crown

With four more sites due to be added to the five already established under the Enhanced Defense Cooperation Agreement (EDCA)...

Read more

Are we moving closer to energy security?

byErnesto M. Hilario
March 24, 2023, 12:15 am
0
8
Denying Villafuerte justice

With the onset of summer, it seems the perennial critics are at it again, with doomsday scenarios and dire predictions...

Read more

Have we hurdled COVID-19 pandemic?

byEmil Jurado
March 24, 2023, 12:10 am
0
8
A tribute to Bob Garon

Is it true, as President Marcos Jr. stated, that “we have hurdled the COVID-19 pandemic? Yes, it is true—in a...

Read more

Ombudsman’s dismissal of a criminal complaint

byTranquil G.S. Salvador III
March 24, 2023, 12:05 am
0
8
Nullity of marriage: a defense in bigamy cases

The office of the Ombudsman is an investigative body tasked to “investigate on its own, or on complaint by any...

Read more

Incompetence, possible corruption in Dimayuga’s MMDA

byLouis "Barok" Biraogo
March 24, 2023, 12:00 am
0
8
Anti-Duterte RTC judges seek appointment to CA

Senator Mark Villar recently filed Senate Bill 1959 which, if enacted into law, will require the installation of digital countdown...

Read more

Infrastructure binge

byManila Standard
March 23, 2023, 12:15 am
0
8
Infrastructure binge

One of the main reasons foreign investors hesitate to bring their money into the country, apart from red tape, corruption,...

Read more

Print Edition

View More

Recent Posts

  • Richardson, pals survive world-class challengers
  • Zaragosa blows field with record 63, pulls away by 8
  • Youngsters take spotlight as IRONKIDS unfolds
  • PLDT, Smart tech-abled solutions reach disadvantaged women and girls, PlantSmart kits cross 8k milestone
  • France-Germany row overshadows leaders’ summit
  • US firm: 5 Chinese staff in Beijing jailed
  • King Charles III in first state visit to protest-hit France
  • Spanish gov’t hit over police tactics

Advertisement

Latest News

US firm: 5 Chinese staff in Beijing jailed

byAFP
March 24, 2023, 8:25 pm
0
8
Southwoods nails Seniors’ Fil golf crown

Beijing - Five Chinese employees at the Beijing office of US due diligence firm Mintz Group have been detained by...

Read more

King Charles III in first state visit to protest-hit France

byAFP
March 24, 2023, 8:20 pm
0
8
King Charles to host world leaders for queen’s funeral

London—Charles III arrives in France on Sunday for his first state visit as king, but the planned celebrations of historic...

Read more

Spanish gov’t hit over police tactics

byAFP
March 24, 2023, 8:15 pm
0
8
Southwoods nails Seniors’ Fil golf crown

Barcelona—The Spanish government is under fire over allegations police officers infiltrated far-left and green groups and had sex with activists...

Read more

North Korea tested new underwater nuke attack ‘drone’

byAFP
March 24, 2023, 8:10 pm
0
8
Southwoods nails Seniors’ Fil golf crown

SEOUL—North Korea claimed Friday it had tested an underwater nuclear attack drone able to unleash a “radioactive tsunami”, as it...

Read more

Biden arrives in Canada to discuss trade, migration, border challenges

byAFP
March 24, 2023, 8:05 pm
0
8
Biden heads to Japan after warning on North Korea threat

OTTAWA—US President Joe Biden arrived Thursday in Canada where he will meet Prime Minister Justin Trudeau and address parliament, with...

Read more

Advertisement

ADVERTISEMENT
Facebook Twitter Instagram Youtube

ABOUT US

Manila Standard

Manila Standard website (manilastandard.net), launched in August 2002, extends the newspaper’s reach beyond its traditional readers and makes its brand of Philippine news and opinion available to a much wider and geographically diverse readership here and overseas.

Digital Edition

In tone and content, the online edition mirrors the editorial thrust of the newspaper. While hewing to the traditional precepts of fairness and objectivity, MS believes the news of the day need not be staid, overly long or dry. Stories are succinct, readable and written in a lively style that has become a hallmark of the newspaper.

Download – Today’s Paper

Search

No Result
View All Result

6th Floor Universal Re Bldg., 106 Paseo De Roxas cor. Perea Street, Legaspi Village, 1226 Makati City Philippines

Trunklines: 832-5554, 832-5556, 832-5558

© 2021 Manila Standard - Designed and Developed by Neitiviti Studios.

No Result
View All Result
  • About
  • News
    • Top Stories
    • National
    • World News
    • Pinoy Abroad
    • Features
  • Opinion
    • Editorial
    • Columns
    • Soundbytes
  • LGUs
    • NCR
    • Luzon
    • Visayas
    • Mindanao
  • Business
    • Corporate
    • Economy & Trade
    • Stocks
    • Money
    • Agri & Mining
    • Power & Tech
    • IT & Telecom
  • Sports
    • Basketball
    • Volleyball
    • Fightsports
    • Active
    • Sports Plus
    • One Championship
    • Columns
  • Entertainment
    • TV & Movies
    • Celebrity Profiles
    • Music & Concerts
    • Digital Media
    • Columns
  • Lifestyle
    • Food
    • Culture & Media
    • Fashion
    • Health and Home
    • Leisure
    • Shopping
    • Columns
  • Pop.Life
    • Newsmakers
    • Hangouts
    • A-Pop
    • Post Its
    • Performances
    • Malls & Bazaars
    • Hobbies & Collections
  • Technology
    • Gadgets
    • Computers
    • Business
    • Tech Plus
  • MS ON THE ROAD
    • Sedan
    • SUV
    • Truck
    • Bike
    • Accessories
    • Motoring Plus
    • Commuter’s Corner
  • Home & Design
    • Residential
    • Commercial
    • Construction
    • Interior
  • Spotlight
  • Gallery
    • Photos
    • Videos
  • Events
    • Seminars
    • Exhibits
    • Community
  • Biyahero
    • Travel Features
    • Travel Reels
    • Travel Logs
  • Pets
  • Advertise with Us

© 2021 Manila Standard - Designed and Developed by Neitiviti Studios.

Welcome Back!

Login to your account below

Forgotten Password?

Retrieve your password

Please enter your username or email address to reset your password.

Log In

Install Manila Standard Web App

Install App