Timeline of pollution in China
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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] |
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 | The year is known as China’s “first year of climate change communication research.”[2] | ||
| 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] |
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See also
External links
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 "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.
