"Toward a resource efficient and pollution-free Asia-Pacific"
https://japantoday.com/category/features/opinions/toward-a-resource-efficient-and-pollution-free-asia-pacific
This article is an opinion piece published in Japan Today on September 6, 2017. This piece has two authors, Shamshad Akhtar and Erik Solheim. Akhtar is the head of the United Nations Economic and Social Commission for Asia and the Pacific (UNESCAP), which manages globalization using programs in environmentally sustainable development, trade/investment, and human rights. Solheim is a Norwegian diplomat and Executive Director of the United Nations Environment Programme, a UN agency that assists developing countries in forming environmentally-sound policies. The authors discuss the upcoming, first-ever Asia-Pacific Ministerial Summit on the Environment, where the environmental leaders in the region will meet to discuss how to more effectively use resources and reduce pollution.
Some points I thought were interesting in this article:
- "About 95 per cent of adults and children who are impacted by pollution-related illnesses live in low and middle-income countries."
- "Asia and the Pacific produces more chemicals and waste than any other region in the world and accounts for the bulk – 25 out of 30 – of cities with highest levels of PM 2.5, the tiny atmospheric particulate matter that can cause respiratory and cardiovascular diseases and cancer."
- "More than 80% of our rivers are heavily polluted while five of the top land-based ocean plastic sources are from countries in our region."
This article is an opinion piece published in Japan Today on September 6, 2017. This piece has two authors, Shamshad Akhtar and Erik Solheim. Akhtar is the head of the United Nations Economic and Social Commission for Asia and the Pacific (UNESCAP), which manages globalization using programs in environmentally sustainable development, trade/investment, and human rights. Solheim is a Norwegian diplomat and Executive Director of the United Nations Environment Programme, a UN agency that assists developing countries in forming environmentally-sound policies. The authors discuss the upcoming, first-ever Asia-Pacific Ministerial Summit on the Environment, where the environmental leaders in the region will meet to discuss how to more effectively use resources and reduce pollution.
Some points I thought were interesting in this article:
- "About 95 per cent of adults and children who are impacted by pollution-related illnesses live in low and middle-income countries."
- "Asia and the Pacific produces more chemicals and waste than any other region in the world and accounts for the bulk – 25 out of 30 – of cities with highest levels of PM 2.5, the tiny atmospheric particulate matter that can cause respiratory and cardiovascular diseases and cancer."
- "More than 80% of our rivers are heavily polluted while five of the top land-based ocean plastic sources are from countries in our region."
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