In recent years, the air pollution problems in China is becoming a frequent visitor of the trending topic list. Not only the air, the environment pollution is coming to hunt humans down in many different ways. It’s in the air, earth, water and even larger scale like the global warming. I know it is controversial regarding the global warming issue. Many big figure, Donald Trump for example, denies global warming as a problem we should pay attention to. However, I myself is a believer of such theory and I think we should act before it is too late. Regardless of global warming being real or not, it is better for us to act than doing nothing since the potential hazard could be catastrophic to the entire human race.
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The gross domestic product China produced is about fifteen percent of the world’s but it used up thirty to forty percent of many key resources like steel, coal and cement. Seventy percent of the rivers are polluted. Only about twenty percent of the urban waste are properly processed. There are about three hundred million rural people do not have access to clean water, four hundred million urban citizen’s air are below standard. At the same time, China doesn’t have to ability or even want to transfer this environmental cost to other countries like many develop country does. After the energy either imported or domestic made are consumed, the pollution came with them too. In the recent two five-year plan made by the Chinese government, most gross domestic product goals are met prior to the due date but none of the environmental protection goal are met. This doesn 't came out of surprise since the industries that is pushing Chinese’s economical growth are mostly made by high pollution industry like chemistry industry and thermal power industry. The environmental problem is bring social problems as well as international pressure. Many developed country and entities care about the global warming and blame the Chinese energy-resource structure. These hypocrites blame developing countries on one
First, the environment itself have direct economic benefit. It is proving most of the basic asset which is supporting the human development. If the environment is damaged, it then can be seen as economical loss. On the other hand, if people protect the eco-balance and the environment, it is a bonus for the asset. One economist in China calculated the economic value of a tree in the Chinese mountains. Other than being the material of buildings or papers, it create at least fifty thousand dollar worth of air purification and soil and water conservation. Again, use China as an example, the Chinese economy lost at least fifty four billion dollar because of air and water pollution, which is a large percentage of its gross domestic product. We can see here from this example that environment itself is part of the productivity. The natural endowment is a very important aspect of a country or region’s economical development. There are three basic steps of development of human productivity development, obey they nature, conquer the nature and find balance with the nature. Now, most of the big world economy is heading toward the green energy utilization. Find the balance between our development with he nature, the environment is the ultimate goal. Second, the environment can affect the economy indirectly. Environmental cost constraints is an important
In the developing wold, both population and economy depend on the environment. Nowadays, climate changes and other environmental problems have a huge impact in the developing world.
One of China’s best successes has in turn been one of its biggest downfalls. One of the main problems is China’s greatest success which has been its phenomenal economic growth. This is one of the main drivers of the current environmental problems that the country faces. Factories dump pollutants into the air and water. It is difficult to see the Chinese government making the significant sacrifices required to improve their environment if it means slowing down their economic growth.
China’s economy is one very large indicator of its role in globalization. “In 2010 China became the world’s largest exporter” (CIA World Factbook). Without China many places such as the United States of America would be without billions of goods imported from China annually. An influx of companies moving their manufacturing to China has allowed people to flock to cities and find jobs. China’s economy has grown exponentially over the last few decades. In the last three years China’s economy has grown by nearly ten percent every year. Despite this influx of money to China it has also resulted in many drawbacks. For example, China’s environment has been obliterated. China burns more coal than every country in the world combined. Beijing has been so badly polluted that there are actually companies that sell cans of fresh air to people, and gas masks are a common sight. On January 12th 2013 Beijing’s air pollution reached a record setting 775 PPM. To put that into perspective, the scale for measuring pollution is 0-500 PPM. This set an all-time recorded high. In Los Angeles a high ...
... This has resulted in increased pollution due to livestock releasing methane gas into the air. And due to demand for electrical goods from western countries, it has helped China to produce a capitalist economy. This has enabled China’s citizens to have a prosperous lifestyle, which has increased pollution due to the increase in energy use and waste production. Furthermore, although the Chinese government and its citizens are trying to tackle their environmental problems, it seems to be too little too late.
Under Deng Xiaoping, China’s industry began to flourish. They became the world's manufacturer of just about everything imaginable and thirty years later they have become the largest manufacturer in the world. This allowed them to make up for the time they lost in industrialization that came to the west decades before. Their economy grew at an astounding rate of around ten percent each year which was unheard of. Unfortunately, during this time, they substituted their environment for fast economic growth and power. They are now dealing with the worst pollution problem in human history and its not getting any better. Within China resides seven of the top ten worst polluted cities in the world and none of them are getting any cleaner. Recently, parts of Beijing
Research shows that every year 2.4 to 4.6 million people die from causes directly related to air pollution. Many of these fatalities are linked to indoor air pollution as well. Air pollution is expanding at such a fast pace that there are more deaths per year linked to air pollution than to automobile accidents. As the world continues to increase in the amount of people, air pollution will continue to rise as well. With an all time high, seven million deaths in 2012, countries such as China, and India accounted for approximately thirty percent of those deaths. To go along with facts such as those, China has been ranked the worst, in terms of populations directly affected by poor air quality.
Technological progress and the development of new knowledge are important drivers of economic growth and are a key factor in ensuring that the shift to environmentally sustainable growth happens at least cost to the economy. According to Kemp (2009), environmental innovation (eco-innovation) consists of new or modified processes, techniques, systems and products to avoid or reduce environmental damage. Environmental innovations "are not limited to innovation in products, processes, marketing methods and organisational methods, but also include innovation in social and institutional structures" (OECD, 2009, p. 13). Environmental innovations against general innovations may lead to economic and environmental benefits, the so-called
One of the most important factors that is not presently acknowledged when calculating well-being the affects of pollution and natural resource depletion. The land is the most basic foundation for virtually every good produced and needless to say, once it has been stripped of its raw materials, the consequences will resound globally. Damage to our environment adversely affects each aspect of well-being: health, happiness and prosperity. We cannot hope to be healthy without clean air and water, nor can we hope to be prosperous without the materials needed to make goods. And we most certainly cannot hope to be happy when everything around us is sick, stagnant and useless. Unfortunately, GDP actually considers the activities which create pollution as gains to well-being.
The impact of the development on the environment and its resources should be understood in order to move forward towards a way to make the relationship between development, growth and the environment possible. From here the concept
The manner by which the environment is being harmed is much different now than it was in the 1400's. Production byproducts rather than the actual production are the cause of current environmental degradation. However, economic analysis has proven that environmental protection is a normal good. A normal good or service in economic terms means that the demand for such items increases as income increases. As such, for the sake of the poor as well as the environment, policy makers with the aim of environmental protection should also consider their effects on the resulting, generally decreased level of production.
In recent years, Asian air population has been considered a threat to health and the environment. According to research, World Health Organizations reported that Asian air pollution, “is responsible for an estimated 537,000 premature deaths annually with indoor air pollution being responsible for over double this number of deaths” (Schwela). These statistics have raised concern for civilians and surrounding countries as they look at the damage to society the pollution causes. On June 21, 2013, South East Asia experienced an immense amount of air pollution. This event was named the Haze Crisis, where it reached a record of 401, being the largest amount of hazardous pollution ever recorded (Ho et al.). The levels reached during this crisis called for civilians to stay inside where they were advised to wear masks both indoors and outdoors. There is a growing need for intervention as researchers look to identify the most effective measures to protect human health and the environment. To identify the most effective measures, scientists look at the causation of the pollution. Although there is no direct single cause for the air pollution, all factors combined contribute to this issue. Asian air pollution threatens the environment and public health; it is a direct result of industrial pollution, biomass pollution, and forest fire pollution.
In traditional opinions, environmental protection and economic growth are mutually contradictory. Economic growth is a high environmental cost, and protecting the environment will limit the economic growth. The reason of contradiction stems from the inappropriate understandings among development, economic growth and environmental protection. In fact, economic growth could have a harmonious relationship with environmental protection.
Countries such as China and Japan need to enforce more powerful regulations on the amount of carbon emissions that they produce. China put in regulations just this last year and Japan postponed plans for a national regulations on carbon emissions, bowing to powerful business groups that warned of job losses as they compete against overseas rivals facing fewer emissions regulations. It’s not a good sign that large corporations can control how a nation regulates its environmental safety laws. China is finally planning to regulate their carbon emissions. This is long over due concerting that China ranks as the world’s number one carbon dioxide emitter, thanks in part to the massive amounts of coal the country burns. China currently builds a new coal-fired power plant at a rate of about one every week to ten days. The country’s coal burning levels are nearly on par with the rest of the world combined.
Air Pollution and its Potential Solutions Solving this problem requires a three-pronged approach, as different solutions are required to eliminate, or at least decrease, air pollution from electricity generation, transportation, and industry. All solutions demand cooperation between the government and the public—no solution will succeed without the dedicated effort of the population as a whole. The Clean Air Act, which was passed in 2008 but only went into effect in 2011, is the government’s main attempt at managing this problem. It was created to improve air quality and reduce air pollution, thereby improving the health and quality of life for people of the region and protecting the environment for future generations. It details several different programs aimed at achieving this goal.
The environment today is not in a good condition, Climate change is evident, and oceans are getting polluted. Rainforrest's are decreasing in size due to deforestation and illegal logging. Animals are getting extinct due to the destruction of their habitats. Natural resources are being consumed at very large amounts, and get wasted. There are different ways these problems can be addressed, one option is environmental management. Environmental management focuses on conservation of natural resources, protection of habitats, and impact of humans on the environment. Conservation of natural resources is the smart use of the world's resources by humans, through this waste production is limited, and there will be less garbage in the world. By conserving