Heed the world-wide call vs plastic pollution
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The Philippines joined a worldwide call to end plastic pollution as it marked this April the first anniversary of its accession to the Paris Agreement on Climate Change. The country became the 138th state party to the Paris Agreement on April 22, 2017, a month after the Philippine Mission to the United Nations deposited our Instrument of Accession on March 23, 2017.
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Heed the world-wide call vs plastic pollution. (2018, May 13). Heed the world-wide call vs plastic pollution. Manila Bulletin, p. 10.
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