Unfortunately, that day is not far when people will be buying portable personal oxygen tanks & breathers for themselves & their families. Going outside of their homes would require a little breather just like shoes & shirts are worn before getting outside of homes.
With the European countries pledging to end their dependence on fossil fuels in the next 85 years (by 2100), these oxygen tanks & breathers will be required in the next 25-40 years, especially with the way, the air pollution is spreading in large, metropolitan cities, from Shanghai to Delhi to London to Los Angeles.
We will be seeing "Lorax" being played in real-life around the world.
However, who will lose most adversely with these air pollution & climate change problems? The poor. The rich will buy their way out of these problems, but the poor, which are the general masses, won't be able to escape these problems all around the world. They can't relocate themselves or won't be able to buy loads & loads of oxygen tanks or breathers for themselves.
So, although, ONLY about half-a-million people prematurely died in Europe (only continent which is supposed to be leading the fight against climate change & pollution) due to air pollution, we will be seeing these tragedies played out in much larger numbers all over the world.
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The financial cost of air pollution in Europe stands at more than $1.6tn (£1.5tn) a year, a study by the World Health Organisation (WHO) has found, equating to about a tenth of the GDP of the continent.
The costs come in the form of 600,000 premature deaths each year, & the sickness caused to hundreds of thousands of other people from preventable causes, such as pollution from small particles that come from the exhausts of diesel vehicles, & nitrogen dioxide, a gas that can inhibit breathing in vulnerable people.
The figures are from 2010, the latest year for which full data is available, & cover the whole of the European region, including non-EU states such as Norway & Switzerland, & are compiled by the WHO Regional Office for Europe & the Organisation for Economic Co-operation & Development (OECD).
Zsuzsanna Jakab, regional director for Europe at the WHO, said: “Curbing the health effects of air pollution pays dividends. The evidence we have provides decision-makers across the whole of government with a compelling reason to act.”
In many east European countries, the WHO data shows, the economic costs of dirty air are more than 10% of their GDP. On absolute economic costs, the top 10 list is dominated by major economies including the UK, Germany & Italy.
In the UK, air pollution has become so bad in London that the European Union is to levy fines on local government, reflecting years in which the extent of pollution has been in excess of EU standards. The Supreme Court is expected to issue judgment ... on a case brought against the UK government for its breach of EU pollution limits.
The WHO report found that air pollution was the single biggest environmental health risk in Europe, with the damage from outdoor risks such as diesel exhaust pollution accounting for 482,000 deaths in 2012 from heart & respiratory diseases alone. The deaths or sickness of at least 1 in 4 Europeans can be traced to environmental pollution, according to the organisation.
In March, the European Environment Agency warned that hundreds of thousands of people would die prematurely over the next 2 decades from air pollution because of governments’ failure to act.
With the European countries pledging to end their dependence on fossil fuels in the next 85 years (by 2100), these oxygen tanks & breathers will be required in the next 25-40 years, especially with the way, the air pollution is spreading in large, metropolitan cities, from Shanghai to Delhi to London to Los Angeles.
We will be seeing "Lorax" being played in real-life around the world.
However, who will lose most adversely with these air pollution & climate change problems? The poor. The rich will buy their way out of these problems, but the poor, which are the general masses, won't be able to escape these problems all around the world. They can't relocate themselves or won't be able to buy loads & loads of oxygen tanks or breathers for themselves.
So, although, ONLY about half-a-million people prematurely died in Europe (only continent which is supposed to be leading the fight against climate change & pollution) due to air pollution, we will be seeing these tragedies played out in much larger numbers all over the world.
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The financial cost of air pollution in Europe stands at more than $1.6tn (£1.5tn) a year, a study by the World Health Organisation (WHO) has found, equating to about a tenth of the GDP of the continent.
The costs come in the form of 600,000 premature deaths each year, & the sickness caused to hundreds of thousands of other people from preventable causes, such as pollution from small particles that come from the exhausts of diesel vehicles, & nitrogen dioxide, a gas that can inhibit breathing in vulnerable people.
The figures are from 2010, the latest year for which full data is available, & cover the whole of the European region, including non-EU states such as Norway & Switzerland, & are compiled by the WHO Regional Office for Europe & the Organisation for Economic Co-operation & Development (OECD).
Zsuzsanna Jakab, regional director for Europe at the WHO, said: “Curbing the health effects of air pollution pays dividends. The evidence we have provides decision-makers across the whole of government with a compelling reason to act.”
In many east European countries, the WHO data shows, the economic costs of dirty air are more than 10% of their GDP. On absolute economic costs, the top 10 list is dominated by major economies including the UK, Germany & Italy.
In the UK, air pollution has become so bad in London that the European Union is to levy fines on local government, reflecting years in which the extent of pollution has been in excess of EU standards. The Supreme Court is expected to issue judgment ... on a case brought against the UK government for its breach of EU pollution limits.
The WHO report found that air pollution was the single biggest environmental health risk in Europe, with the damage from outdoor risks such as diesel exhaust pollution accounting for 482,000 deaths in 2012 from heart & respiratory diseases alone. The deaths or sickness of at least 1 in 4 Europeans can be traced to environmental pollution, according to the organisation.
In March, the European Environment Agency warned that hundreds of thousands of people would die prematurely over the next 2 decades from air pollution because of governments’ failure to act.
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