How much has air pollution increased over the years?
-Since 2000 emissions have been rising by an average 3.4 per cent every year.
-Global emissions of carbon dioxide have increased by almost 50 % since 1990.
-Emissions grew more quickly between 2000 and 2010 than in each of the three previous decades.
-Humans have pumped enough carbon dioxide into the atmosphere over the past 150 years to raise its levels higher than they have been for hundreds of thousands of years.
How will the air feel like in the future?
-If air pollution is not controlled, by 2030 the air will become so bad that people will have to use an oxygen kit to breathe easily.
- Millions of premature deaths could happen due to air and water pollution by 2050 if action was not taken.
Extras
-Investments in fossil fuels continues to be higher than investments in climate action and stopping air pollution.
-Air pollution in Beijing got so bad it has brought a new disease Beijing cough.
-Electric vehicles make less air pollution but not none. They stir up dirt from the ground.
-Producing heavy crude oil increases chances of air pollution by 40% than producing light crude oil.
-Air pollution has a greater threat to children, because of their smaller physical size and lung space
-Air pollution and deaths because of it are growing the fastest in Asia.
-Air pollution that causes smog affects dolphins and makes them suffer from black lung diseases.
-Since 2000 emissions have been rising by an average 3.4 per cent every year.
-Global emissions of carbon dioxide have increased by almost 50 % since 1990.
-Emissions grew more quickly between 2000 and 2010 than in each of the three previous decades.
-Humans have pumped enough carbon dioxide into the atmosphere over the past 150 years to raise its levels higher than they have been for hundreds of thousands of years.
How will the air feel like in the future?
-If air pollution is not controlled, by 2030 the air will become so bad that people will have to use an oxygen kit to breathe easily.
- Millions of premature deaths could happen due to air and water pollution by 2050 if action was not taken.
Extras
-Investments in fossil fuels continues to be higher than investments in climate action and stopping air pollution.
-Air pollution in Beijing got so bad it has brought a new disease Beijing cough.
-Electric vehicles make less air pollution but not none. They stir up dirt from the ground.
-Producing heavy crude oil increases chances of air pollution by 40% than producing light crude oil.
-Air pollution has a greater threat to children, because of their smaller physical size and lung space
-Air pollution and deaths because of it are growing the fastest in Asia.
-Air pollution that causes smog affects dolphins and makes them suffer from black lung diseases.