En 2050, 235 millones de personas mayores de 60 años en África se verán afectadas por olas de calor, inundaciones y sequías. Los gobiernos deben desarrollar planes especiales para que se adapten al cambio climático.
- Senior Research Fellow at the Stockholm Environment Institute, University of York
By 2050, 235 million people in Africa over the age of 60 will be affected by heatwaves, floods and drought. Governments must develop special plans for older people to adapt to climate change.
Across the world, elderly people tend to be the most vulnerable to climate-related disasters.
Negara-negara maju perlu berhenti memberi tahu kota-kota berasap untuk membenahi perilaku mereka dan mulai mengkritik kebiasaan konsumsi mereka sendiri.
Children will be responsible for the future protection of our fragile planet. Their knowledge and engagement are critical.
Zat polutan bisa meningkatkan tingkat stress, yang akan mempengaruhi penilaian manusia dan membuat mereka melakukan tindak kejehatan.
Pollutants can increase stress levels, which in turn affects judgment and makes some people more likely to commit crime.
Free public transport could be one way to get more people to ditch the car.
Developed nations need to stop telling smoggy cities to clean up their act and start critiquing their own consumption habits.
Plongées dans un brouillard de particules fines très dangereuses pour la santé, les grandes villes ne peuvent plus ignorer le problème de l’air pollué.
Will the evidence finally convince polluted cities to clean up their act?
L’OMS a récemment déclaré la ville d’Onitsha au Nigeria comme la plus polluée au monde. Mais comment sont réalisés, et surtout que valent, ces classements relatifs à la qualité de l’air en ville ?
When it comes to reducing air pollution, scoring and ranking cities is neither accurate, nor productive.
The global population is ageing. This is happening at a time when the rate and scale of human-induced environmental change is exceeding critical ecological limits, raising concerns over the consequences…
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