ADDRESSING CLIMATE CHANGE CONVENTION ON INTERNATIONAL TRADE ENDANGERED SPECIES (CITES)

- 1980’s scientist have warmed about; AND CONVENTION ON MIGRATORY SPECIES (1992)
- increasing concentrations of carbon dioxide and other greenhouse gases would - Leading global treaties for conserving nature convention on Biological Diversity.
warn and changed our climate. - Sets an international framework to support domestic conservation efforts and
-Increased global temperature includes biding protocols on managing;
* Melting Glaciers
* Reduced Arctic sea ice Genetically modified organisms (GMO’s)
* Increased Tidal - Ensuring that local communities share the benefits from biodiversity conventions.
* Storm Surges
CONVENTION ON INTERNATIONAL TRADE IN ENDANGERED SPECIES
UNITED NATIONS FRAMEWORK CONVENTION ON CLIMATE CHANGE(1992) - Establishes binding controls on International trade in parts of rare species of
- Recognized climate change as “A common concern humankind”. animals and plants.
- set out framework for global action to avoid harmful impacts.
- Informal goal to reduce emission levels of greenhouse gases. CONVENTION ON MIGRATORY SPECIES (CMS)
- Provides framework for countries to protect the entire life cycle of threatened
KYOTO PROTOCOL(1997) migratory species.
- 38 industrialized country agreed in this protocol to reduce overall emissions. - Separate annexes tailored to the needs of specific animals or group of animals.

PARIS AGREEMENT PROTECTING THE MARINE ENVIRONMENT

- Which sits within the framework established by the 1992 UNFCCC. - The UN CONVENTION ON THE LAW OF THE SEA sets forth rules for managing
- World’s effort to address climate change the oceans include marine conservation.
- Costal states are responsible for protecting the marine environment within 200
2 COUNTRIES PLEDGE TO TAKE SERIOUS IF NOT BINDING COMMITMENTS miles of their costs and flag states.
- China - Specific treaties limit marine pollution from ships and regulate fishing fro highly
- United States mobile fish that straddle territorial water and the high areas.

REVERSING OZONE DEPLETION REGULATING CHEMICALS AND WASTES

- 1970’s scientists warmed that certain widely used chemicals could be depleting the - The global management of chemicals around a non-binding Strategic Agreement
earth’s protective stratospheric zone. for Integrated Chemicals Management and Four global treaties that regulate
hazardous chemicals and wastes.
VIENNA CONVENTION FOR THE PROTECTION OF THE OZONE LAYER (1985
-two years later the; Rotterdam Prior Informed Consent Convention
- Requires that chemical exporters ensure that receiving countries have given their
MONTREAL PROTOCOL ON SUBSTANCE THAT DEPLETE THE OZONE prior, informed consent.
LAYER. - Importing governments can then manage the environmental and public health risks
- Subsequently been revised or amended every 2 or 3 years. inherent to hazardous chemicals.
- Resulting in a comprehensive phase out most chlorofluorocarbons (CFCs) and
other ozone depleting substances. BASEL CONVENTION ON THE CONTROL OF TRANSBOOUNDARY
- Extended it to phase out certain related chemicals that contribute climate change. MOVEMENTS OF HAZARDOUS WASTES AND THEIR DISPOSAL
- Impose similar consent requirements for shipments of hazardous wastes and
CONSERVING NATURE requires the environmentally sound management of such wastes.
- The planet is facing a sixth great wave of extinctions and a general decline in
wildlife and natural habitats.
STOCKHOLM CONVENTION ON PERSISTENT ORGANIC POLLUTANTS
- Prohibits or significantly restricts the production and use of some of the world’s E. REPUBLIC ACT 9275 - THE PHILIPPINE CLIMATE ACT 2009
most environmentally harmful chemicals.These includes: - The law aims to protect the country’s water bodies from pollution from land-based
1. Dioxins sources.
2. PCB’s - It provides for comprehensive and integrated strategy to prevent and minimize
3. DDT pollution through a multi-sectoral and participatory approach involving all the shake-
4. MINIMATA MERCURY CONVENTION- multiple pathways of global mercury holders
pollution.
F. REPUBLIC ACT 9279 - THE PHILIPPINE CLIMATE CHANGE ACT OG 2009
PHILIPPINE ENVIRONMENTAL LAWS AND REGULATIONS - It aims to mainstream climate change into government policy formulations,
establishes the framework strategy and program on climate change and creates the
A. PD 1586 - ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT STATEMENT SYSTEM OF 1978 climate change commissions.
- A process involving predicting and evaluating the likely impacts of a project on the
environments during construction, commissioning, operation and
abandonment.
- Section 4 of PD 1586 - provides that no person, partnership or corporation shall
undertake or operate any such declared environmentally critical project (ECP) or
environmentally compliance critical (ECA) without first ensuring an
Environmental Compliance Certificate (ECC) - The process assures
implementation of environmental friendly projects.

B. REPUBLIC ACT 6969 - TOXIC SUBSTANCES, HAZARDOUS AND NUCLEAR

WASTE CONTROL ACT OF 1990
- The law aims to regulate restrict or prohibit the importation, manufacture,
processing, sale, distribution, use, and disposal of chemical substances and
mixtures the unreasonable risk to human health.
- Provide advancement and facilitate research and studies on toxic chemicals.

C. REPUBLIC ACT 8749 - PHILIPPINE AIR ACT OF 1999

- The law aims to achieve and maintain air that meets the National Air Quality
guideline values for criteria pollutants in the Philippines.
- Minimizing the possible associated impacts to the economy.
- The provisions of this act extend to the Ozone Depleting Substances (ODS), that
significantly deplete or otherwise modify the ozone layer.
- Persistent Organic Pollutants (POP’s) - substances persisting in the
environment, bio-accumulating, and resisting photolytic, chemical and biological
degradation and other toix or poisonous substances that can harm human and
animal health and also the environment.

D. REPUBLIC ACT 9003 - ECOLOGICAL SOLID WASTE MANAGEMNT ACT OF

2000
- The law aims to adopt systemic, comprehensive and ecological solid waste
management program that shall ensure the protection of public health and
environment.