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The Department of Finance (DOF) and the Climate Change Commission (CCC) celebration of the 51st anniversary of Earth Day is live today, April 22 through a full-day webcast of activities highlighting the country's campaign against single-use plastics.

This year's theme “PINASiglang Mundo” is guided by the global theme of “Restore Our Earth”, which underscores the world's need to address the current climate crisis and the pressure it brings on our ecosystems, biodiversity, food and water, public health, our industries, and communities.

Source: Climate Change Commission PH

The program starts at 7:45a.m with a live “Jam For Earth” session led by GMA-7 singer-songwriter Aicelle Santos and a series of talks from stakeholders coming from various sectors, in an attempt to “unite their efforts, mobilize support for the ban on single-use plastic, promote responsible consumption and production and purse ecosystem restoration.”

Partners for the event are the Department of Environment and Natural Resources, Department of Education, Union of Local Authorities of the Philippines, Office of Deputy Speaker Loren Legarda, and The Climate Reality Project Philippines, in collaboration with the Break Free from Plastic Philippines coalition, Philippine Information Agency, Department of Trade and Industry, Department of the Interior and Local Government, Local Government Academy, Union of Local Authorities of the Philippines, League of Cities of the Philippines, British Embassy Manila, and the Philippine Center for Environmental Protection and Sustainable Development, Inc.

Every Filipino is welcome to join the call for support in promoting and addressing a healthier and more resilient Philippines.

You can join the movement of committing to our environment through the livestream here: