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Washington (USA), Oct 13 (EFE / EPA) .- (CAMERA: Michel Reynolds) Hundreds of climate activists gathered in front of the White House to ask US President Joe Biden to declare a climate emergency and stop all new fossil fuel projects.
Manila, Jun 11 (EFE/EPA).- Protesters in Philippines on Thursday urged member nations of the G7 Summit to enable debt cancellation for poor countries struggling economically due to the COVID-19 pandemic. The United Kingdom is hosting the G7 Summit from Jun. 11 - 13. (Camera: ROLEX DELA PENA).SHOT LIST: PROTESTERS RALLY IN MANILA, PHILIPPINES TO CALL FOR DEBT CANCELLATION FOR POOR COUNTRIES.
Mandaluyong City, May 5 (EFE/EPA).- Protesters on Wednesday called on the Asian Development Bank, which is holding its 54th Annual Meeting from 3 to 5 May, to stop funding fossil fuel energy projects and to cancel the debt of developing member countries struggling economically amid the COVID-19 pandemic. (Camera: ROLEX DELA PENA).SHOT LIST: PROTESTERS WEARING PROTECTIVE SUITS RALLY OUTSIDE THE HEADQUARTERS OF THE ASIAN DEVELOPMENT BANK (ADB) IN MANDALUYONG CITY, METRO MANILA, PHILIPPINES.
Quezon City, Mar 1 (EFE/EPA).- Protest calling for free and safe COVID-19 vaccines took place outside a hospital in Manila as Philippines began Monday its immunization campaign against covid-19 by vaccinating several health authorities. The country received its first 600,000 doses of the Chinese Sinovac jab the day before, donated by China’s government, authorities said in a statement.Dr. Gerardo Legaspi, director of the General Hospital of the Philippines, one of the largest in the country, was the first to be vaccinated, followed by other authorities, such as the head of vaccine management, Carlito Galvez, government officials and hospital health personnel. (Camera: ROLEX DELA PENA). SHOT LIST: PEOPLE RALLY OUTSIDE THE LUNG CENTER OF THE PHILIPPINES IN QUEZON CITY, METRO MANILA, PHILIPPINES, CALLING FOR FREE AND SAFE COVID-19 VACCINE.
Manila, Feb 12 (EFE/EPA).- Air pollution from fossil fuels causes 4.5 million premature deaths each year worldwide, and leads to global economic losses of around $2.9 trillion, Greenpeace warned Wednesday.The Toxic Air Report: The Price of Fossil Fuels compiled by Greenpeace Southeast Asia and the Center for Research on Energy and Clean Air said $8 billion dollars are lost every day as a result of fossil fuel air pollution, which is equivalent to 3.3 percent of the global Gross Domestic Product (GDP).The study is the first to evaluate the impact of fossil fuel pollution (coal, oil and gas) on the global economy.Researchers came up with the data by calculating the cost of the millions of yearly premature deaths and how these affected productivity, as well as considering health care expenses to treat the myriad diseases caused and aggravated by pollution."Fossil fuels are not only bad for the climate, they're also bad for our health and our economy," Greenpeace Campaigner Khevin Yu said at the presentation of the report in Manila.FOOTAGE SHOWS GREENPEACE PRESS CONFERENCE OFFERED BY GREENPEACE CAMPAIGNER KHEVIN YU IN MANILA, PHILIPPINES.SOUNDBITES: KHEVIN YU, GREENPEACE CAMPAIGNER (IN ENGLISH)
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