Can China Inspire India For Air Pollution Battle?

    • India Times
    • Publish Date: Dec 9 2019 1:57PM
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    • Updated Date: Dec 9 2019 1:57PM
Can China Inspire India For Air Pollution Battle?

For years, China has been known to be the biggest polluter in the world, with cities showing some of the most hazardous smog levels. 

Yet, even as India has crept closer and in some ways surpassed to their horrific air pollution level, China has begun turning the whole situation around.

It was back in March 2014, as covered by Reuters, that Chinese premier Li Keqiang told thousands of delegates at the National People's Congress assembly, as well as millions more watching live on state television, "We will resolutely declare war against pollution as we declared war against poverty." 

It was a necessary move. In 2013, measurements by the Beijing municipal government showed the city had its highest ever recorded level of PM2.5 particulate matter, at nearly 1,000 micrograms per cubic metre. That's well over the threshold where it's affecting the health of residents. 

And the surprising thing is, the government actually followed through with tackling their pollution problem. It had been decades since China had bothered with environmental preservation over economic growth. So aside from people being doubtful, there was also years of damage to fix.

And yet, six years later, the data shows that China may actually be on the way to winning the fight. According to old Greenpeace data, the average PM2.5 concentrations fell by 33 percent between 2013 and 2017 in 74 major Chinese cities. Beijing, among other commercial hubs, saw a drastic drop in atmospheric pollution, except that the national average was still being held back by archaic policies favouring coal and heavy industries. 

It didn't stop there though, because the overall pollution in China fell another 10 percent between 2017 and 2018. In August this year, Beijing saw its lowest ever PM2.5 on record, just 23 micrograms per cubic metre. And all of that is because of the various steps they've taken like separating industry from metros, switching to alternate energy sources, planting more trees, cracking down on big auto and waste management changes.

 


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