2017Annual International Environmental and climate Ten News
publish time:2018-02-13
Editor's Note:INTERNATIONAL FUND FOR CHINA'S ENVIRONMENT(IFCE)By reviewing many major environmental incidents in 2017 and worldwide news,By measuring and reference the impact and significance of which,Lists the most important environmental and climate-related news Here are ten Year 2017。
1.Earth is currently found in the deepest trench serious pollution:Human pollution has reached”The most remote corners”
Scientists at the deepest point of the entire planet at present,Mariana Trench(11095Meter)We found a very serious pollution phenomenon。Earlier this year, British researchers University of Aberdeen Alan Jamieson and colleagues found ˙,Live below sea level amphipod crustaceans 10,000 meters,Suruga Bay and the level of pollutants contained in very close。And one of Suruga Bay is the Pacific Northwest's most polluted industrial areas。Research indicates that,Away from industrial areas、Nearly 7,000 one thousand meters apart from each other and exceeds 10 km deep trench found such a high level of contamination,Pollution shows that human activities have been able to reach the "most remote corners" of the earth。
2. 震动全球 川普宣布退出巴黎气候协定
美国总统川普6月1日表示,To practice and to fulfill campaign promises solemn duty to protect the American people and,It announced its withdrawal from the "Paris Agreement"。The announcement tremendous impact,Reverberated around the world。Trump says,He will negotiate,Negotiated conditions then add the Paris agreement,Or a new deal,On condition that the United States and its Business、labor、people、Taxpayers favorable agreement。Before exiting,All measures and the United States in the Paris agreement of voluntary commitments,Will stop execution。He said:"Paris Agreement, the United States will lose interest,And let other countries such as China and India to benefit ",He said,"This is the redistribution of US interests to agreements in other countries,The United States at a competitive disadvantage。Such a thing,As long as I reign one day,Do not allow it happen,sorry。"This decision brings uncertainty to the global climate governance processes,World public opinion have expressed this criticism and regret。Parties also stressed,US move will not end global cooperation to address climate change。
3. India overtake China Air Pollution,每年110万人死亡
今年二月,Boston air pollution health effects research institutions - the Institute for Health Effects(Health Effects Institute)And Seattle Center for Population Health Research - Institute of Health statistical evaluation(Institute for Health Metrics and Evaluation)A new global study of air pollution released by the,India is rapidly worsening air pollution,Resulting in about 110 million premature deaths per year,In recent years,,The risk of premature deaths in China caused by airborne particles PM2.5 as a whole has stabilized,However, India has seen a dramatic rise。From 1990 to 2015,Particulate matter in the number of premature deaths caused by India increased by nearly 50%。India is now moving beyond China,The world's most deadly air polluters。
4. California wildfires raging largest in US history,经济损失惨重
从12月4号从美国南加州文图拉县开始延烧的“托马斯山火”(Thomas Fire)California has become the largest-ever wildfires。The fire has been brought calamity to 273,400 acres, or 427 square miles of land,27.3246 ten thousand acres than the record 2003 California wildfires hit is even slightly higher。The fire makes more than one thousand buildings were destroyed,Including mobile homes Ventura County and the middle-class neighborhood,In Santa Barbara County, and millions of dollars worth of high-end residential。Other,According to officials, Ventura County Department of Agriculture indicates,Fire destroyed the local farms and avocado plantations。And because grazing land burned,On the local stock also had a significant impact。
5. 华北渗坑污染触目惊心
4Month 19 days,Chongqing Liangjiang Voluntary Service Development Center announced that revealed multiple industrial sewage seepage pits in the territory of Tianjin and Hebei Province;Which in the West Zhai Town Tong Village home Tianjin Jinghai District found seepage pits area of 150,000 square meters,Langfang City, Hebei Province Zhao Fu County town south area of about 30,000 square meters of pollution,Waste water a rusty red、Acidity,Due to the long storage time,We have a large number of exudate。North sewage seepage pits attracted the attention of the Ministry of Environmental Protection and the relevant local,Environmental Protection Department officials believe,Seepage pits pollution involves at least two aspects of the law:Sewage seepage pits with a way to avoid regulation of seepage wells;Illegal discharges of hazardous waste。Tianjin Jinghai District sewage seepage pits surrounding nine companies for investigation,It is a comprehensive governance among。
6. WHO:全球近20亿人喝污染水
4Month 13 days, WHO public health、Environmental and health department head Maria Neira expressed ˙,The world's nearly 20 million people forced to drinking water contaminated by feces,Faced with cholera、Dysentery、Typhoid、The risk of polio and other diseases。"Contaminated drinking water caused an estimated more than 500,000 people die each year due to diarrhea,And is the main cause of more neglected tropical diseases,These include intestinal worms、Schistosomiasis and trachoma。"WHO released the same day," UN-Water "2017 Global Environmental sanitation and drinking water analytical assessment,States in the past three years, an average increase of 4.9 per cent of the budget for the improvement of water、Environmental and personal hygiene welcomed。The report also pointed out that,80%National representation,On its own can not provide adequate funding to achieve the national target set in this area,In particular, many developing countries do not always continue to provide security、Reliable service。Most countries need to sharply increase investment in drinking water sanitation。
7. US annual climate report:去年温度创新高地球变暖未减缓
美国国家海洋与大气管理局(NOAA)On August 10 released its annual report that the National Climate,2016On Earth record number of records,Including hottest、The highest sea level、Emissions of heat-trapping gases up to a year。These just two years ago and last year a record index to continue rising,Signs that the Earth is gradually warming trend is not slowing down。The scientists emphasized by the report co-authored nearly 500 worldwide,Human continued energy dependence on oil,Unprecedented pollution of the atmosphere of greenhouse gas emissions,Earth can not lead to cooling。造成气候变暖的主要温室气体,包括二氧化碳、甲烷和一氧化二氮的排放量都创新高。大气中的二氧化碳浓度达到402.9ppm,是现代有记录以来首次突破400ppm。并且,平均海平面在去年达到历来最高水平,比1993年高出约82毫米。
8. 多国竞相淘汰汽油和柴油车,并提出禁售时间表
中国工信部副部长辛国斌9月9日在天津举行的2017中国汽车产业发展国际论坛上发表演讲时透露,The Chinese government has begun to study a timetable traditional fuel car production sale。Before China,India、Norway、France and Britain have announced,Will gradually phase out fuel vehicles,以更加清洁的电动或混合动力汽车取代。挪威设定的最后期限是2025年、印度是2030年,英国和法国都是2040年。
全联车商投资管理(Beijing)有限公司总裁曹鹤表示,参照几个欧洲国家的时间表,中国禁售燃油车的时间肯定要比西方国家晚10年到20年,起码要到2040年后。目前为止,至少还有8个国家已经为电动汽车制定了销售目标。他们是:奥地利、丹麦、爱尔兰、Japan、荷兰、葡萄牙、韩国和西班牙。美国虽然还没有一项联邦政策,但至少有8个州已设定了相关目标。
9. 专家确认中国大面积雾霾主因,地方开始治理有色烟羽
2017年年初位于华盛顿的“国际中国环境基金会(IFCE)” 总裁何平博士发文指出湿法脱硫是导致中国大面积雾霾的主要原因,Caused widespread concern, Many scholars and researchers then conducted an investigation and argumentation,从不同角度确认了IFCE 专家的观点。9月 24日, "Science and Management" published the results of deputy director of the Institute of Strategic Studies, Shandong Academy of Sciences researcher Zhou Yong of long-term follow-up study,Based on data from a large PM2.5、Historical weather data haze and fog and the number of experimental data,以无可争辩的数据和事实确认了湿法脱硫水汽(低温湿烟汽)排放污染是2013年雾霾大爆发的唯一原因和到现在为止中国大面积雾霾久治不愈的主要原因。Zhejiang,上海和天津相继颁发地方环保条例,To "colored plume" caused by the wet desulfurization governance。
10. 波恩气候变化大会:中国成关键词
第23届联合国气候变化大会于11月6日-17日在德国波恩举行。中国代表团围绕本次大会重点议题共准备了5份提案;China's Shenzhen will soon become the world's first 100 per cent pure electric city bus fleet,Inner Mongolia's first ton of straw biomass combined cycle project starts running,Chongqing January to August, the total "carbon reduction" garbage fell 1.42%;2020 China invested more than $ 360 billion to develop alternative energy sources,The proportion of non-fossil energy to 15%。《气候变化框架公约》执行秘书长埃斯皮诺萨称赞中国是应对全球气候变化的引领者之一。
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