List of Environmental Events PDF

**List of Environmental Events** +-----------------------+-----------------------+-----------------------+ | Date Celebrated | Legal Basis | Brief Description of | | | | the Event or | | |...

**List of Environmental Events** +-----------------------+-----------------------+-----------------------+ | Date Celebrated | Legal Basis | Brief Description of | | | | the Event or | | | | Celebration | +=======================+=======================+=======================+ | | | | +-----------------------+-----------------------+-----------------------+ | January | Presidential | The Ecological Solid | | | Proclamation No. 760, | Waste Management Act | | *Zero Waste Month* | Series of 2014\ | of 2000 promotes | | | \ | environmental | | | Republic Act No. 9003 | awareness and action | | | - Ecological Solid | among the citizenry | | | Waste Management Act | and institutionalizes | | | of 2000 | public participation | | | | in the development of | | | | national and local | | | | integrated, | | | | comprehensive and | | | | ecological waste | | | | management programs. | +-----------------------+-----------------------+-----------------------+ | March 22/ 4th Week of | 1992 United Nations | This world day for | | March | Conference on | water was observed | | | Environment and | starting in 1993, in | | *World Water | Development (UNCED) | conformity with the | | Day/Philippine Water | in Rio de Janeiro | recommendations of | | Week* | | the United Nations | | | | Conference on | | | | Environment and | | | | Development contained | | | | in chapter 18 (Fresh | | | | Water Resources) of | | | | Agenda 21.\ | | | | \ | | | | States were invited | | | | to devote the Day to | | | | implement the UN | | | | recommendations and | | | | set up concrete | | | | activities as deemed | | | | appropriate in the | | | | national context. | +-----------------------+-----------------------+-----------------------+ | April 22/ April | Presidential | Earth Day Network was | | | Proclamation Nos. | founded on the | | *Earth Day/Month of | 1481 and 1482 | premise that all | | the Planet Earth* | | people, regardless of | | | | race, gender, income, | | | | or geography, have a | | | | moral right to a | | | | healthy, sustainable | | | | environment. Our | | | | mission is to broaden | | | | and diversify the | | | | environmental | | | | movement worldwide, | | | | and to mobilize it as | | | | the most effective | | | | vehicle for promoting | | | | a healthy, | | | | sustainable | | | | environment. We | | | | pursue our mission | | | | through a combination | | | | of education, public | | | | policy, and consumer | | | | activism campaigns. | | | | Our campaign and | | | | programs are | | | | predicated on the | | | | belief that an | | | | educated, energized | | | | population will take | | | | action to secure a | | | | healthy future for | | | | itself and its | | | | children. Earth Day | | | | Network has a global | | | | reach with a network | | | | of more than 17,000 | | | | partners and | | | | organizations in 174 | | | | countries. More than | | | | 1 billion people | | | | participate in Earth | | | | Day activities, | | | | making it the largest | | | | secular civic event | | | | in the world. | +-----------------------+-----------------------+-----------------------+ | June 5/ June | Presidential | World Environment Day | | | Proclamation No. 237 | (WED) was established | | *World Environment | | by the UN General | | Day/Philippine | | Assembly in 1972 to | | Environment Month* | | mark the opening of | | | | the Stockholm | | | | Conference on the | | | | Human Environment. \ | | | | \ | | | | Commemorated yearly | | | | on 5 June, WED is one | | | | of the principal | | | | vehicles through | | | | which the United | | | | Nations stimulates | | | | worldwide awareness | | | | of the environment | | | | and enhances | | | | political attention | | | | and action. | +-----------------------+-----------------------+-----------------------+ | July | Executive Order No. | National Disaster | | | 137 dated August 10, | Consciousness Month | | *National Disaster | 1999 | aimed to increase | | Consciousness Month* | | awareness of every | | | | Filipino to the ever | | | | threatening disasters | | | | for a better | | | | appreciation of the | | | | government\'s | | | | disaster preparedness | | | | program. | +-----------------------+-----------------------+-----------------------+ | September/3rd Weekend | Presidential | This event was just | | of September | Proclamation No. 244 | the beginning of a | | | - National Clean-Up | movement for cleaner | | *National Clean Up | Month Presidential | beaches and marine | | Month/Coastal Clean | Proclamation No. 470 | habitats. In a few | | Up Weekend* | - International | years, what had been | | | Coastal Clean-Up | a local clean-up grew | | | Weekend | to encompass the 25 | | | | U.S. states and | | | | territories. In 1989, | | | | the Clean-Up the | | | | World weekend, | | | | officially became an | | | | international event, | | | | with the involvement | | | | of responsible | | | | citizens of Canada | | | | and Mexico. Today, | | | | half a million | | | | citizens from almost | | | | 100 countries | | | | participate in the | | | | Clean-Up, and it has | | | | grown into an annual | | | | event, motivating | | | | people the world over | | | | to get outside and do | | | | something for their | | | | coastal environment. | +-----------------------+-----------------------+-----------------------+ | September / September | DepEd Memo No. 358, | The Montreal Protocol | | 16 | s. 2007, Montreal | on Substances that | | | Protocol | Deplete the Ozone | | ### | | Layer came into force | | | | on 1 January 1989 | | [***International Day | | when it had been | | for the Preservation | | ratified by 29 | | of the Ozone | | countries and the | | Layer***](https://www | | European Economy | |.un.org/en/observance | | Community (EEC).\ | | s/ozone-day) | | \ | | | | As of February 2007, | | | | 191 countries have | | | | ratified the | | | | Protocol, | | | | representing an | | | | international effort | | | | to safeguard the | | | | ozone layer through | | | | controls on | | | | production, | | | | consumption and use | | | | of ozone-depletinq | | | | substances (ODS). | +-----------------------+-----------------------+-----------------------+ | September 6 | Presidential | International | | | Proclamation No. 595, | Federation of | | *World Environmental | s. 208 | Environmental Health | | Health Day* | | declared September 26 | | | | as World | | | | Environmental Health | | | | Day (WEHD). The | | | | observance aims to | | | | underscore the | | | | influence of | | | | environmental risks | | | | and issues on the | | | | health of people. | | | | | | | | In the Philippines, | | | | President Rodrigo Roa | | | | Duterte made a | | | | similar declaration | | | | in 2018 through | | | | Presidential | | | | Proclamation No. 595. | | | | The Inter-Agency | | | | Committee on | | | | Environmental Health | | | | (IACEH) was mandated | | | | to promote the | | | | celebration of World | | | | Environmental Health | | | | Day in the | | | | Philippines. | +-----------------------+-----------------------+-----------------------+ | October 20-26 | 2012 International | The United Nations | | | Conference on | Environment Programme | | *International Lead | Chemicals Management | (UNEP) and the World | | Poisoning Prevention | | Health Organization | | Week* | | (WHO) were invited to | | | | establish a global | | | | partnership to | | | | promote phasing out | | | | the use of lead in | | | | paints, ie, the | | | | Global Alliance to | | | | Eliminate Lead Paint | | | | (GAELP). The Alliance | | | | aims to catalyze | | | | efforts to prevent | | | | children\'s exposure | | | | to lead from paints | | | | and to minimize | | | | occupational | | | | exposures to lead | | | | paint. | +-----------------------+-----------------------+-----------------------+ | November | Presidential | A continuing air | | | Proclamation No. | quality information | | *Clean Air Month* | 1109, s. 1997 -Clean | and education | | | Air Month\ | campaign shall | | | \ | promoted by the | | | Republic Act No. 8749 | Department, the | | | - Philippine Clean | Department of | | | Air Act of 1999 | Education, Culture | | | | and Sports (DECS), | | | | the Department of the | | | | Interior and Local | | | | Government (DILG), | | | | the Department of | | | | Agriculture (DA) and | | | | the Philippine | | | | Information Agency | | | | (PIA). Consistent | | | | with Sec. 7 of this | | | | Act, such campaign | | | | shall encourage the | | | | participation of | | | | other government | | | | agencies and the | | | | private sector | | | | including | | | | nongovernment | | | | organizations, | | | | peoples | | | | organizations, the | | | | academe, | | | | environmental groups | | | | and other private | | | | entities in a | | | | multi-sectoral | | | | information campaign. | +-----------------------+-----------------------+-----------------------+ | November | Republic Act No. 9512 | Pursuant to the | | | - National | policy set forth in | | *Environmental | Environmental | this Act, the month | | Awareness Month* | Awareness and | of November of every | | | Education Act of 2008 | year shall be known | | | | as the Environmental | | | | Awareness Month | | | | throughout the | | | | Philippines. | +-----------------------+-----------------------+-----------------------+ | November 19-25 | Presidential | The Philippines has | | | Proclamation No. 1667 | declared and | | *Global Warming and | - Global Warming and | confirmed its | | Climate Change | Climate Change | commitment to the | | Consciousness Week* | Consciousness Week\ | goals of the United | | | \ | Nations Framework on | | | Republic Act No. 9729 | Climate Change | | | - Climate Change Act | Convention. | | | of 2009 | | +-----------------------+-----------------------+-----------------------+ | November 25 | Presidential | The National Youth | | | Proclamation No. | Commission and the | | *National Day for | 1160, s. 2015 | Climate Change | | Youth in Climate | -National Day for | Commission, in | | Action* | Youth in Climate | cooperation with | | | Action | other government | | | | agencies, | | | | non-governmental | | | | organizations, and | | | | international | | | | partners, have | | | | launched the \#NowPH | | | | (Not on our Watch) | | | | campaign, a | | | | comprehensive | | | | advocacy on climate | | | | action, which aims to | | | | empower the youth in | | | | raising public | | | | consciousness on the | | | | science of climate | | | | change and on ways to | | | | lead a | | | | climate-resilient and | | | | climate-smart | | | | lifestyle. | +-----------------------+-----------------------+-----------------------+