Press Releases

First of Its Kind Cross-Regional Citizen Science Air Quality Monitoring Project in Surabaya, Indonesia; Ogijo, Nigeria; Dumaguete, Philippines  A citizen-science study monitoring the air quality nearby waste incineration facilities in three cities in the Global South found high levels of particulate matter…

Calumpit, Bulacan – In observance of International Plastic Bag Free Day 2025, environmental justice group BAN Toxics reaffirms its unwavering commitment to eliminate plastic pollution in all its forms. This annual global campaign, launched by Zero Waste Europe and other environmental…

EcoWaste Coalition reveals toxic cadmium and phthalate in plastic tarpaulins   3 July 2025, Quezon City.  Advocates for the human right to a clean, healthy and sustainable environment revealed the detection of toxic substances of very high concern in plastic…

New Report Finds Dangerous Pollutants from Pyrolysis Incinerator, Urges Immediate Shutdown Dumaguete City, Negros Oriental — A looming public health crisis is unfolding in Dumaguete as the results of a community-led air quality monitoring study reveal dangerously high levels of air pollution…

San Jose Del Monte Bulacan – In observance of National Poison Prevention Week 2025, environmental justice organization BAN Toxics intensifies efforts in promoting poison prevention awareness and chemical safety in the community. Anchored on this year’s theme, “Lasong Umahon sa Pabago-Bagong Panahon: Iba’t Ibang…

The managing director of SOS Humanity, Till Rummenhohl, comments on the discontinuation of financial support for civil search and rescue by the German Federal Foreign Office and the media reuse of a false claim made by today’s Foreign Minister Johann…

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Advocates Look Forward to the Removal of Dangerous Goods with Banned Substances Being Sold Online 26 June 2025, Quezon City.  The environmental and health watchdog group EcoWaste Coalition welcomed the implementation of Republic Act No. 11967, or the Internet Transactions…

Laguna, Philippines — Conversations continue to grow around the proposed 1,400 MW Ahunan Pumped Storage Hydropower Project, as concerned residents, farmers, and civil society organizations in Pakil, Laguna, highlight the possible devastating impacts it poses on the Sierra Madre mountain…

GAIA Asia Pacific and GAIA Africa hosted Global South member state delegates in an online panel discussion titled “Advancing a Robust Financial Mechanism for the Prospective Plastics Instrument” on 24 June 2025. The event comes at a critical juncture in…