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| + | | 1980s || "Epidemiological studies conducted since the 1980s in northern China suggest that poor air quality in Chinese cities causes significant health complications, including respiratory, cardiovascular, and cerebrovascular diseases"<ref name="China’s Environmental Crisis"/> | ||
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| 1972 || || || "It wasn’t until the 1972 United Nations Conference on the Human Environment that China began to develop environmental institutions."<ref name="China’s Environmental Crisis">{{cite web |title=China’s Environmental Crisis |url=https://www.cfr.org/backgrounder/chinas-environmental-crisis |website=cfr.org |accessdate=13 May 2019}}</ref> | | 1972 || || || "It wasn’t until the 1972 United Nations Conference on the Human Environment that China began to develop environmental institutions."<ref name="China’s Environmental Crisis">{{cite web |title=China’s Environmental Crisis |url=https://www.cfr.org/backgrounder/chinas-environmental-crisis |website=cfr.org |accessdate=13 May 2019}}</ref> | ||
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| − | | 2007 || || "China is the world’s largest emitter of greenhouse gases, having overtaken the United States in 2007, and was responsible for 27 percent of global emissions in 2014."<ref name="China’s Environmental Crisis"/> | + | | 2007 || || || "China is the world’s largest emitter of greenhouse gases, having overtaken the United States in 2007, and was responsible for 27 percent of global emissions in 2014."<ref name="China’s Environmental Crisis"/> |
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| 2007 || || || The year is known as China’s “first year of climate change communication research.”<ref>{{cite journal |last1=Li |first1=Ji |last2=Dan |first2=Luo |title=Climate Change Communication in China |doi=10.1093/acrefore/9780190228620.013.467 |url=https://oxfordre.com/climatescience/view/10.1093/acrefore/9780190228620.001.0001/acrefore-9780190228620-e-467}}</ref> | | 2007 || || || The year is known as China’s “first year of climate change communication research.”<ref>{{cite journal |last1=Li |first1=Ji |last2=Dan |first2=Luo |title=Climate Change Communication in China |doi=10.1093/acrefore/9780190228620.013.467 |url=https://oxfordre.com/climatescience/view/10.1093/acrefore/9780190228620.001.0001/acrefore-9780190228620-e-467}}</ref> | ||
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| + | | 2010 || || || "China’s Ministry of Environmental Protection calculates estimates the cost of pollution at around 1.5 trillion RMB ($227 billion), or roughly 3.5 percent of GDP, according to 2010 figures. "<ref name="China’s Environmental Crisis"/> | ||
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| + | | 2012 - 2014 || || || "China’s National Energy Agency claimed that coal use dropped to 64.2 percent of the mix in 2014, down almost two percent from 2012."<ref name="China’s Environmental Crisis"/> | ||
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| 2013 || || || "China’s government said it was declaring war on pollution in 2013 and efforts to curb smog include closing down or moving heavily polluting factories and restrictions on the use of cars."<ref>{{cite web |title=Beijing meets national air pollutant standard for first time |url=https://www.scmp.com/news/china/society/article/2132406/beijing-meets-national-air-pollutant-standard-first-time |website=scmp.com |accessdate=13 May 2019}}</ref> | | 2013 || || || "China’s government said it was declaring war on pollution in 2013 and efforts to curb smog include closing down or moving heavily polluting factories and restrictions on the use of cars."<ref>{{cite web |title=Beijing meets national air pollutant standard for first time |url=https://www.scmp.com/news/china/society/article/2132406/beijing-meets-national-air-pollutant-standard-first-time |website=scmp.com |accessdate=13 May 2019}}</ref> | ||
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| + | | 2013 || || || " In 2013, Chen Jiping, former leading member of the party’s Committee of Political and Legislative Affairs said that environmental issues are a major reason for “mass incidents” in China—unofficial gatherings of one hundred or more that range from peaceful protest to rioting. "<ref name="China’s Environmental Crisis"/> | ||
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| 2014 || || || "China is the world’s largest emitter of greenhouse gases, having overtaken the United States in 2007, and was responsible for 27 percent of global emissions in 2014."<ref name="China’s Environmental Crisis"/> | | 2014 || || || "China is the world’s largest emitter of greenhouse gases, having overtaken the United States in 2007, and was responsible for 27 percent of global emissions in 2014."<ref name="China’s Environmental Crisis"/> | ||
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| + | | 2014 || March || || ": Chinese Premier Li Keqiang declared a “war on pollution” in March 2014; "<ref name="China’s Environmental Crisis"/> | ||
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| + | | 2014 || May || || "in May of the same year the government strengthened the country’s Environmental Protection Law for the first time in twenty-five years. "<ref name="China’s Environmental Crisis"/> | ||
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| + | | 2014 || || || "There were a record 17 million new cars on the road in 2014, further contributing to China’s high emissions. "<ref name="China’s Environmental Crisis"/> | ||
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| + | | 2014 || || {{w|Water pollution}} || " In 2014, groundwater supplies in more than 60 percent of major cities were categorized as “bad to very bad,” and more than a quarter of China’s key rivers are “unfit for human contact.” "<ref name="China’s Environmental Crisis"/> | ||
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| + | | 2015 || || || " In 2015, China’s coal power plant capacity increased by 55 percent in the first six months, 155 new coal-fired plants were approved, and China admitted that it had underreported its annual coal consumption since 2000."<ref name="China’s Environmental Crisis"/> | ||
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Revision as of 11:47, 13 May 2019
This is a timeline of pollution in China.
Contents
Big picture
| Time period | Development summary |
|---|---|
| 1970s | "Economic reforms in the late 1970s that encouraged development in rural industries further exacerbated the problem"[1] |
| 1980s | "Epidemiological studies conducted since the 1980s in northern China suggest that poor air quality in Chinese cities causes significant health complications, including respiratory, cardiovascular, and cerebrovascular diseases"[1] |
Full timeline
| Year | Month and date | Event type | Details |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1972 | "It wasn’t until the 1972 United Nations Conference on the Human Environment that China began to develop environmental institutions."[1] | ||
| 2007 | "China is the world’s largest emitter of greenhouse gases, having overtaken the United States in 2007, and was responsible for 27 percent of global emissions in 2014."[1] | ||
| 2007 | The year is known as China’s “first year of climate change communication research.”[2] | ||
| 2010 | "China’s Ministry of Environmental Protection calculates estimates the cost of pollution at around 1.5 trillion RMB ($227 billion), or roughly 3.5 percent of GDP, according to 2010 figures. "[1] | ||
| 2012 - 2014 | "China’s National Energy Agency claimed that coal use dropped to 64.2 percent of the mix in 2014, down almost two percent from 2012."[1] | ||
| 2013 | "China’s government said it was declaring war on pollution in 2013 and efforts to curb smog include closing down or moving heavily polluting factories and restrictions on the use of cars."[3] | ||
| 2013 | " In 2013, Chen Jiping, former leading member of the party’s Committee of Political and Legislative Affairs said that environmental issues are a major reason for “mass incidents” in China—unofficial gatherings of one hundred or more that range from peaceful protest to rioting. "[1] | ||
| 2014 | "China is the world’s largest emitter of greenhouse gases, having overtaken the United States in 2007, and was responsible for 27 percent of global emissions in 2014."[1] | ||
| 2014 | March | ": Chinese Premier Li Keqiang declared a “war on pollution” in March 2014; "[1] | |
| 2014 | May | "in May of the same year the government strengthened the country’s Environmental Protection Law for the first time in twenty-five years. "[1] | |
| 2014 | "There were a record 17 million new cars on the road in 2014, further contributing to China’s high emissions. "[1] | ||
| 2014 | Water pollution | " In 2014, groundwater supplies in more than 60 percent of major cities were categorized as “bad to very bad,” and more than a quarter of China’s key rivers are “unfit for human contact.” "[1] | |
| 2015 | " In 2015, China’s coal power plant capacity increased by 55 percent in the first six months, 155 new coal-fired plants were approved, and China admitted that it had underreported its annual coal consumption since 2000."[1] |
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See also
Timeline of pollution in Beijing
External links
References
- ↑ 1.00 1.01 1.02 1.03 1.04 1.05 1.06 1.07 1.08 1.09 1.10 1.11 1.12 "China's Environmental Crisis". cfr.org. Retrieved 13 May 2019.
- ↑ Li, Ji; Dan, Luo. "Climate Change Communication in China". doi:10.1093/acrefore/9780190228620.013.467.
- ↑ "Beijing meets national air pollutant standard for first time". scmp.com. Retrieved 13 May 2019.
