In 1998 Beijing began an intensified air pollution control program, and over the last 20 years the city has implemented a series of measures including energy infrastructure optimization, coal-fired pollution
<p>Freshwater availability is changing worldwide. Here we quantify 34 trends in terrestrial water storage observed by the Gravity Recovery and Climate Experiment (GRACE) satellites during 2002–2016
<div> More than 80% of people living in urban areas that monitor air pollution are exposed to air quality levels that exceed the World Health Organization (WHO) limits. While all regions of the world
In Beijing’s battle against pollution lies lessons for New Delhi, amid the debate in the capital over the effectiveness of the government’s odd-even scheme to curtail deteriorating air quality. On November
BEIJING/NEW DELHI: The recently concluded Communist Party Congress saw Chinese president Xi Jinping calling for the establishment of a "beautiful China". His emphasis was on fighting pollution. The challenge
More than 70 per cent of companies checked by Chinese authorities failed environmental standards during the latest round of air pollution inspections, state media reported on Sunday. The findings came
Beijing and its neighbors have pledged to intensify efforts in cutting air pollution to meet the target of lowering the average annual PM2.5 density in the region to about 60 micrograms per cubic meter
China's war on smog has stepped up another gear with reports suggesting Beijing is planning to cut coal use by a further 30 per cent across the capital this year. The official Xinhua news agency reported
This is the first time that a graded plan to improve air quality will be enforced in India. It will have a set of fixed measures that will kick in when pollution reaches specific levels. The national
<p>The total losses caused by natural disaster have spatial heterogeneity due to different economic development level inside the disaster-hit areas. This paper set the scenarios of direct economic loss
