这4个步骤能使清洁空气变为宝贵的经济资产
关于空气污染的报道在头条新闻上高居不下:目前,全球每年因室外空气污染造成的死亡人数已高达800万人。空气污染对健康有明显的不利影响,但清洁空气的问题却常常在全球谈判中被忽视。新成立的“我们共享的空气”全球委员会概述了四个对于加速清洁空气集体行动至关重要的步骤。
Dr Arunabha Ghosh is an internationally recognised public policy expert, author, columnist, and institution builder. He is the founder-CEO of the Council on Energy, Environment and Water, one of the world’s 20 best climate think-tanks. Arunabha advises governments, industry, civil society, and international organisations around the world. He currently serves on the Government of India’s G20 Finance Track Advisory Group and advises the Sherpa Track for India’s G20 Presidency in 2022-23. In 2022, the UN Secretary-General appointed him to the High-level Expert Group on the Credibility and Accountability of Net-Zero Announcements by Non-State Actors. Dr Ghosh is currently Vice-Chair of the UN Committee for Development Policy, and is a member of several international expert advisory groups: Global Commission on the Economics of Water; High-Level Group of Economists, constituted by the French president for the One Planet Lab; and the High-Level Consultative Group for the U.S. Department of State’s Energy Transition Accelerator. He sits on the Oversight Committee of the Exploring Climate Cooling Options programme of the UK’s Advanced Research and Invention Agency. The Asia Society honoured him recently with the 2022 Asia Game Changer Award, for his and CEEW’s “incredible work, which is making a real difference for India and for the planet”.
关于空气污染的报道在头条新闻上高居不下:目前,全球每年因室外空气污染造成的死亡人数已高达800万人。空气污染对健康有明显的不利影响,但清洁空气的问题却常常在全球谈判中被忽视。新成立的“我们共享的空气”全球委员会概述了四个对于加速清洁空气集体行动至关重要的步骤。
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