Low Carbon News in Philippines in July 2015
29 July 2015
Campaign launched to unite Filipino youth vs climate change
A campaign to harness the youth’s social media presence to produce positive changes in climate change awareness and mitigation was launched in Davao City Wednesday.
Called #nowPH: One Million Filipino Youth Voices for Climate Action, the campaign aims to unite the voice of the Filipino youth for the 2015 Paris Climate Conference in December, where the country takes on a crucial role in negotiations for reductions in carbon emissions to prevent a 2-degree-Celsius rise in global temperature.
The Climate Change Commission and the National Youth Commission initiated the campaign in partnership with the United States Agency for International Development.
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29 July 2015
Traffic-choked Manila turns to hybrid bus-train
At the Philippines’ Science and Technology Week held 24-28 July at the SMX Convention Center in Manila, the Department of Science and Technology (DOST) unveiled its Hybrid Electric Road Train (HERT) project.
The 40-metre long train-like buses will transport citizens on Metro Manila’s major arteries that currently are clogged with heavy traffic.
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