Quezon City, as a highly urbanized and highly competitive city, has “a very huge responsibility in addressing climate change,” Mayor Joy Belmonte said during her recent State-of the-Environment Address via her official Facebook page.
“As we continue to grow, our need for resources, such as energy and water, also increases. The result of this is to have more greenhouses that contribute to climate change,” she said.
The mayor said the government declared a climate emergency in Quezon City, giving way for the allocation of 11 to 13 percent of the city’s yearly budget in programs related to climate change, reduction of carbon emissions, and other environmental concerns. The local government renovated pathways to become pedestrian-friendly and add more green spaces; adopted the vote-to-tote to program wherein election tarpaulins used in 2022 were converted into bags by persons derived of liberty at the Quezon City Jail Female Dormitory and other communities, and planted trees in open parks, she cited.
A four-story evacuation center in Barangay Bagong Silangan is being constructed for families affected by flood, while a rainwater collection system is being harvested.
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