{"id":74382,"date":"2022-01-18T10:57:25","date_gmt":"2022-01-18T08:57:25","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.csregypt.com\/?p=74382"},"modified":"2022-01-18T10:57:25","modified_gmt":"2022-01-18T08:57:25","slug":"beijing-meets-national-air-quality-standards-for-first-time","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/csregypt.com\/en\/beijing-meets-national-air-quality-standards-for-first-time\/","title":{"rendered":"Beijing meets national air quality standards for first time"},"content":{"rendered":"<p dir=\"ltr\" style=\"text-align: left;\">In January 2022, Beijing\u2019s environmental protection bureau made international news when it announced that the city, home to 21 million people, has met its national air quality standards for the first time.<\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\" style=\"text-align: left;\">The city\u2019s environmental protection bureau credited the building of wind and solar farms, the planting of vast numbers of trees, as well as a switch to natural gas for heating in the winter for the cleaner air residents of the city have been enjoying of late.<\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\" style=\"text-align: left;\">In September 2021, a<a href=\"https:\/\/www.csregypt.com\/en\/unep-eu-launch-observatory-to-reduce-methane-emissions\/\"> United Nations Environment Program (UNEP)<\/a>\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.unep.org\/resources\/report\/first-global-assessment-air-pollution-legislation\">report<\/a>\u00a0assessed progress in 194 countries and the European Union in tackling air pollution through legislation. The report found that there is no common legal framework for ambient air quality standards globally.<\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\" style=\"text-align: left;\">Using the\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.euro.who.int\/en\/health-topics\/environment-and-health\/air-quality\/publications\/pre2009\/air-quality-guidelines.-global-update-2005.-particulate-matter,-ozone,-nitrogen-dioxide-and-sulfur-dioxide\">Air Quality Guidelines<\/a>\u00a0developed by the World Health Organization (WHO) as a starting point, the report examined the legal measures for determining whether air quality standards are being met and offered recommendations on how to strengthen air quality governance at the national level. While the WHO guidelines are not intended to be binding upon States, they reflect a high level of scientific consensus.<\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\" style=\"text-align: left;\">\u201cWhile several national air pollution standards remain below those outlined by WHO, UNEP welcomes actions taken by all countries not only to embed air quality standards in their laws and regulations, but to effectively attain those standards,\u201d said Maria Socorro Manguiat, Senior Legal Officer with the United Nations Environment Program.<\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\" style=\"text-align: left;\">\u201cConsistency with the WHO air quality guidelines should be the ultimate goal to mitigate the effects of air pollution which remains the world\u2019s largest single environmental health risk,\u201d she added.<\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\" style=\"text-align: left;\">WHO recently issued stricter recommendations on safe air pollution levels, in a bid to curb the millions of premature deaths and loss of millions more healthy years of life caused by air pollution. A new study indicated that air pollution causes over 7 million deaths per year globally.<\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\" style=\"text-align: left;\">\u201cAir quality laws should follow a robust air quality governance system informed by science. In other words, they should set requirements for institutional responsibility, monitoring, accountability, planning and sanctions, as well as public participation and human rights,\u201d Patricia Kameri-Mbote, the lead environmental law and governance expert at UNEP.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>In January 2022, Beijing\u2019s environmental protection bureau made international news when it announced that the city, home to 21 million people, has met its national air quality standards for the first time. 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