EESA11H3 Lecture 99: Lecture Notes
1 Aug 2018
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Altogether, almost half a million people lost their lives due to this incident: pollution is less obvious. Nanoparticles, micro-particles etc. cannot be seen with the naked eye. This does not mean they do not exist. ****earth summit in 1992, in rio de janeiro: 172 governments participated with 108 at level of heads of state. Increasing population is the root cause of pollution: *******slum conditions, environmental impact of humans = population x affluence x technology, population growth rate = [(birth rate + immigration) (mortality rate +emigration)] / population size: the tyranny of small decisions. These can be bought either from financial exchanges or from projects which reduce emissions in non-annex 1 economies: in december 2002, canada ratified the treaty. Hydrogen ions: how acid is rain, the 1970 us clean air act required power plants and smelters to build emission stacks > 300m above ground level.
