Let's talk about pollutant release and climate health
CONTENT
In international conferences on climate change, a common point of debate is the accelerated release of pollutants into the environment, mainly the disproportionate release of pollutants by the major economic powers.
We are well aware that the main economic powers are the privileged sites occupied by China and the United States of America. However, the pollutants that both nations expel into the environment not only harm their ecosystems and citizens, but also impoverish the environment of other countries.
In the last decade, the Asian giant has been ranked as the country that releases the most pollutants into the environment, hence, according to climate health experts, if China does not make major reductions in the release of pollutants into the environment, the world cannot win the fight against climate change.
One point to note is that, while countries such as the United States face problems in reducing their emissions, China faces the greatest challenge as it is currently facing uncontrolled population growth, a highly dangerous element for the health of the world's climate.
According to official data, China became the largest emitter of pollutants in the middle of the last decade, and today, this Asian powerhouse is responsible for more than a quarter of global discharges of carbon dioxide, the main pollutant of the environment on a global scale.
The outlook is not encouraging, because even though China is promoting large-scale environmental projects, it plans to install new conventional power generation plants and expand its capacity to generate fossil fuel-based products.
SOURCES CONSULTED
➊ Wenjia C The 2020 China report of the Lancet Countdown on health and climate change. Link
OBSERVATION:
The cover image was designed by the author: @lupafilotaxia, incorporating the public domain image background: Source / Author: TheDigitalArtist, 2014
0
0
0.000
China doesn't seem to be in a hurry to fix their CO2 emission problem. Compared to other countries, China did the least to reduce their CO2 emission over the decades.
Congratulations @lupafilotaxia! You have completed the following achievement on the Hive blockchain and have been rewarded with new badge(s) :
Your next payout target is 20000 HP.
The unit is Hive Power equivalent because your rewards can be split into HP and HBD
You can view your badges on your board and compare yourself to others in the Ranking
If you no longer want to receive notifications, reply to this comment with the word
STOPTo support your work, I also upvoted your post!