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Bookmark or Share- China declared war on pollution. Is it winning?I have confidence that China will win its war on pollution. And it actually is already on the right path towards that goal. Fundamentally, the world requires leadership from countries like China and other large economies, and for them to work together. In the end, they set the global tone, and right now they are needed more than ever.
- How China is tackling air pollution with big data - The World Economic ...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 a water crisis - how can it be solved?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 ...
- Air pollution levels in China now higher than before COVID-19 | World ...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).
- China has built the ‘world’s largest air purifier’ to battle smogChina has also increased its investment in clean energy, from $7.5 billion in 2005 to more than $101 billion a decade later. This is in addition to investing $44 billion in overseas clean energy projects last year, according to the Institute for Energy Economics and Financial Analysis.
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