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Philippine Clean Air Act

This document discusses air pollution in the Philippines and issues with implementing the Clean Air Act of 1999. It provides background on the key provisions of the Clean Air Act, which aimed to provide comprehensive air pollution control and adopt ambient air quality standards. However, various studies have found difficulties with implementing the law due to a lack of funding, stringent uniform standards, and failure to fit the socioeconomic realities of the country. The document also discusses a call from environmental groups for the government to take urgent steps to address air pollution, as the country's air quality exceeds WHO safety limits and current monitoring systems are insufficient. Improving air quality could have health and climate benefits by moving away from fossil fuel dependence.

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Philippine Clean Air Act

This document discusses air pollution in the Philippines and issues with implementing the Clean Air Act of 1999. It provides background on the key provisions of the Clean Air Act, which aimed to provide comprehensive air pollution control and adopt ambient air quality standards. However, various studies have found difficulties with implementing the law due to a lack of funding, stringent uniform standards, and failure to fit the socioeconomic realities of the country. The document also discusses a call from environmental groups for the government to take urgent steps to address air pollution, as the country's air quality exceeds WHO safety limits and current monitoring systems are insufficient. Improving air quality could have health and climate benefits by moving away from fossil fuel dependence.

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1|SANTIAGO, Sara Andrea Nina P.

| 2017 -0064

REPUBLIC ACT NO. 8749


Philippine Clean Air Act of 1999

Salient Provisions:

The State shall protect and advance the right of the people to a balanced and healthful
ecology in accord with the rhythm and harmony of nature. The State shall promote and
protect the global environment to attain sustainable development while recognizing the
primary responsibility of local government units to deal with environmental problems. The
State recognizes that the responsibility of cleaning the habitat and environment is primarily
area-based. The State also recognizes the principle that "polluters must pay".

Finally, the State recognizes that a clean and healthy environment is for the good of
all and should, therefore, be the concern of all.

Revisiting the Philippine Clean Air Act 1999: Is there compliance in deterrence and vice
versa?

The Philippines enacted the Clean Air Act 1999 (CAA) to provide a comprehensive air
pollution control policy in the country, adopting an ambient air quality and emission-based
monitoring and regulatory framework. Other major policy features of the CAA include
introduction of market-based approaches, a ban on incineration, and the conversion of the
Environmental Management Bureau from a staff to a line bureau of the Department of
Environment and Natural Resources. With such key policy shifts, there has been an
expectation that the CAA would improve air quality, particularly in urban centres where
health-related costs of air pollution have been estimated to be around US$430 million per
annum. However, the CAA has suffered implementation difficulties.

Various studies analyze the institutional, regulatory and policy approaches adopted
by the CAA and identifies the various issues besetting its implementation, from unfunded
mandates to lack of institutional capacity. Researches have concluded that the lack of
political and financial support has resulted in a series of telling implementation gaps.
Additionally, the legislation of stringent uniform ambient quality and emission standards
and the imposition of compliance deadlines have only aggravated the implementation deficit.
The policy and regulatory strategies need to be redefined to fit the political, socio-cultural
and economic realities of the country.

Air pollution a silent killer: Green groups call on govt to take immediate steps to improve
air quality in the country

Air pollution is a silent killer in the Philippines, and the government must take urgent
steps to address the problem before it gets worse. Environmental, science, and health groups
today raised the alarm following recent reports on poor air quality in the country. A global
report launched this week showed that air quality in the Philippines contains PM2.5
pollution levels that significantly exceed the safety limits prescribed by the World Health
Organization (WHO). The Philippine government should see the data as an impetus to
overhaul air quality monitoring systems in the country, as well as to transition away from
highly polluting facilities such as coal plants. Our safety standards for air pollution haven’t
changed since 1999. But what’s worse is that there are still no efficient air quality monitoring
systems in place. This situation has allowed industries and facilities to pollute the air we
breathe with impunity. The good news is that the solutions to air pollution are also solutions
to the climate crisis, and addressing air quality now will not just improve the livability of our
cities and municipalities, but also move the country away from dependence on fossil fuels.

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