The economic cost of health impacts related to air pollution in the Philippines is estimated at $87.6 billion (P4.5 trillion) annually, which is about 23 percent of the country’s GDP, in 2019. The latest report from the Center for Research on Energy and Clean Air (Crea) and the Institute for Climate and Sustainable Cities found that approximately 66,000 premature deaths happen every year in the Philippines due to air pollution. The breakdown of the estimated economic loss caused by air pollution comprised P24.7 billion from work absences; P21.6 billion from childhood asthma; P90 million from emergency room visits due to asthma episodes among adults and children; P53 billion from years lived with disabilities arising from diabetes, chronic respiratory diseases, and stroke, which significantly lower the quality of life and economic productivity of people affected and cause substantial health care costs. The report also highlighted the widened gap between the World Health Organization’s ‘safe levels’ of air quality in 2021 and the Philippine National Ambient Air Quality Guideline Values (NAAQGV). This essentially means that the allowable concentrations for pollutants are almost 5 times higher than WHO recommendation for the protection of Filipinos’ health.