PH should curb air pollution, improve public health – Climate Change Commission 0 SHARES Share it! Share TweetBy Ellalyn de Vera RuizClimate Change Commission (CCC) Secretary Emmanuel De Guzman highlighted the need to curb air pollution and improve public health that would be essential to drive broader climate action among governments and private sector. Citing the newly-released report of the World Health Organization (WHO), De Guzman said two short-lived climate pollutants have the greatest impact on climate change and health. He said that climate change should be seen as “an urgent public health issue” as it pose a major health threat to people due to worsening air pollution and illnesses indicated in the WHO report. “We shall scale up our climate actions in all sectors, through a whole-of-society-and-government approach.

Source: Manila Bulletin December 18, 2018 06:33 UTC