The Environmental Management Bureau (EMB), through its Air Quality Management Section, recently convened air quality management technical personnel nationwide for the 2025 National Air Quality Management Workshop. Held from May 19 to 23, 2025, in Dumaguete City, the workshop, themed “Strengthening Monitoring, Compliance and Innovation in Air Quality Management,” aimed to assess progress, address operational continue reading : CHARTING THE COURSE FOR CLEANER AIR: EMB’S 2025 NATIONAL AIR QUALITY MANAGEMENT WORKSHOP DRIVES INNOVATION AND COLLABORATION

The Environmental Management Bureau (EMB), through its Air Quality Management Section (AQMS), successfully concluded a five-day public consultation and hands-on workshop from April 21 to 25, 2025, at the View Park Hotel in Tagaytay City. The event focused on enhancing the country’s air quality monitoring framework through two key digital platforms: the Online Relative Accuracy continue reading : EMB ADVANCES DIGITAL TRANSFORMATION IN AIR QUALITY MONITORING WITH ORATA AND NAAQIS WORKSHOP

From January 20 to 24, 2025, over 100 scientists, researchers, and government officials gathered in Bangi, Selangor, Malaysia, for the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) Airbone and Satellite Investigation of Asian Air Quality (ASIA)- Air Quality (AQ) Project Science Team Meeting. This five-day event included presentations, workshops, and discussions aimed at enhancing the understanding continue reading : NASA ASIA-AQ PROJECT SCIENCE TEAM MEETING: EXPERTS UNITE TO IMPROVE AIR QUALITY IN ASIA

The capacity building on improvement of air quality monitoring and establishment of a data management system was organized by Air Quality Program in ASEAN (AQIP) and Expertise France Groupe. The capacity building aims to provide air quality practitioners from ASEAN Member States (AMS) with a common foundation of knowledge and supporting guidance that will enable continue reading : CAPACITY BUILDING ON IMPROVEMENT OF AIR QUALITY MONITORING AND ESTABLISHING A DATA MANAGEMENT SYSTEM (DMS)

The Environmental Management Bureau of the Department of Environment and Natural Resources (EMB-DENR) has reported a substantial decrease in fireworks-related emissions during New Year’s Eve (NYE) 2025 compared to the previous year. This data, gathered through ambient air quality monitoring, highlights a positive trend toward cleaner air especially during New Year celebrations.   Firecrackers and continue reading : AMBIENT AIR QUALITY ON NEW YEAR’S EVE 2025 SHOWS SIGNIFICANT IMPROVEMENT, EMB

The Department of Environment and Natural Resources- Environmental Management Bureau (EMB) is working to protect public health by formulating air quality guideline values for Volatile Organic Compounds (VOCs), which are pollutants from vehicles and other sources in the Philippines. These compounds, such as benzene, toluene, ethylbenzene, and xylene (BTEX), are released from fuel combustion and continue reading : EMB TO SET AIR QUALITY GUIDELINES FOR VOLATILE ORGANIC COMPOUNDS (VOC) TO SAFEGUARD PUBLIC HEALTH