Air pollution levels in China now higher than before COVID-19
2020年7月7日 · Air pollution in China has risen above levels seen before the coronavirus pandemic for the first time. Having dropped dramatically in the height of lockdown, the concentration of harmful gases seen recently surpasses levels during the same period last year, according to the Centre for Research on Energy and Clean Air (CREA).
How China is tackling air pollution with big data - The World …
2021年2月10日 · The 2008 Beijing Olympics marked the start of significant action by the Chinese government to reduce air pollution in China. Concerns were raised over the impact of air pollution on athlete performance, and a wave of restrictions on polluting activities were implemented while the city sat in the global spotlight.
China has built the ‘world’s largest air purifier’ to battle smog
2018年2月19日 · Scientists at China’s Institute of Earth Environment have constructed what they say is the world’s largest air purifier in the northern city of Xian. The experimental smog-sucking tower stands at over 100 metres tall and is designed to improve air quality in the city, where standards regularly fall short of expectations set by the World ...
92% of us are breathing unsafe air. This map shows just how bad …
2016年9月28日 · Parts of Africa, Eastern Europe, India, China and the Middle East are the biggest regional danger spots. The WHO says almost all air pollution-related deaths (94%) occur in low- and middle-income countries.
A Chinese professor explains what air pollution does to your health
2019年6月25日 · Here, the assistant professor of Economics, Environment and Sustainability, and Social Science at the Hong Kong University of Science and Technology (HKUST), whose work has been used to develop the air quality life index (AQLI), talks us through his research into China’s air quality and explains why pollution is one of the greatest ...
China's Blue Map can support the global green transition
2024年6月18日 · Large companies and financial institutions across China are stepping up their efforts to cut carbon emissions and pollution, and become nature positive. China is the world's largest manufacturing hub and thereby merits special attention in terms of emissions data reporting, like through the Blue Map.
China has a water crisis - how can it be solved?
2016年4月29日 · At least one-third of China’s lakes and rivers are unfit for human use, and 73% of the watersheds that supply water to China’s 30 fast-growing cities face medium to high pollution levels. While industrial pollution is the most frequently discussed source of pollution, land use and degradation accounts for about half of the pollution found ...
How can China tackle its air pollution problem?
It is of course hard to ignore air pollution in most Chinese cities once you step outside. Where Los Angeles in the 70s was famous for its brown skyline, resulting from nitrogen dioxide and photochemical smog, China is now renowned for its white haze of fine droplets, formed when particulate matter pollution and water vapour combine and grow ...
7 shocking facts about air pollution - The World Economic Forum
2016年10月27日 · It found that air pollution led to one in 10 deaths in 2013, which cost the global economy about $225 billion in lost labour income. PM2.5 Another fact about air pollution is that the tiny particles, known as PM2.5, have a diameter of less than 2.5 micrometers and can penetrate deep into the lungs and cardiovascular system, increasing the risk ...
China declared war on pollution. Is it winning?
2016年10月27日 · The amended Environmental Protection Law is regarded as the first piece of environmental legislation in China that actually has some teeth in it. It ushered in a new era of enhancing legislation to regulate air, water, and soil pollution and contamination. The costs of violating the law are too high to ignore.