The Law of the People's Republic of China on Evaluation of Environmental Effects, adopted at the 30th Meeting of the Standing Committee of the Ninth National People's Congress of the People's Republic of China on October 28, 2002, is hereby promulgated and shall go into effect as of September 1, 2003.
According to Beijing's bid, the impact from the Games would be "eco-friendly." But conservationists say that holding the Games in a water-stressed environment would be devastating.
Probably the most prominent of China's environmental issues is the country's air pollution. Industry waste gas emissions put a strain on man and nature alike. In …
While China's one-child policy has achieved its social goals by raising living standards, it has not reduced the county's environmental impact and has possibly caused more harm from the higher consumption rate that resulted from those greater standards. Due to population decrease that resulted from the one-child policy "one-fourth of the population — the equivalent of everyone in the ...
The online food ordering business in China is developing rapidly in recent years with considerable environmental impacts. However, the impacts caused by the express food delivery and the differences between the regions with different economic levels have seldom been quantified. Changing personal consumption behavior might help to reduce such impacts. But to what extent …
The total environmental impact of Scenario III in this process was higher than that of the other scenarios. Previous studies mainly started with specific manure management methods and linked them with environmental impacts (Makara et al., 2019; Reyes et al., 2019). However, according to the survey, the large-scale pig farms in China managed ...
Environmental Impact Assessments in China. Environmental Impact Assessments were adopted in post-Mao China as part of international regulatory best practices. EIA's have been formally conducted for large construction projects in China since the 1990's.
The official recognition of the dam's dangers suggests that the project's environmental and public health impacts are starting to sink in. Political analysts speculate that President Hu Jintao and ...
Environmental impact assessment (EIA) procedures have been in existence in the People's Republic of China over the last decade. The impetus for China's introduction of EIA was provided by the Environmental Protection Law of the People's Republic of China, which was adopted by the Fifth National People's Congress in 1979.
China's environmental crisis, the result of decades of rapid industrialization, not only threatens the health and livelihoods of the country's 1.4 …
According to the action plan, China will conduct national surveys to obtain accurate information on the nature and extent of environmental pollution and its health impact. China aims to form a comprehensive and efficient system for environmental health by 2015.
In addition to the positive impacts on the environment, the scenarios with different energy targets would also have significant positive impacts on China's macro-economy (Fig. 6). Affected by the advancement of non-fossil energy and electricity generation technology, the outputs of non-fossil energy and all types of electricity would increase ...
China is also exerting a significant impact on the regional and global environment. Acid rain and depletion of fisheries are among the most serious regional impacts.
Environmental Impact of the South-to-North Water Transfer Project in China. The South-to-North Water Transfer Project, composed of west, middle and east water transfer routes, is designed to divert water separately from the upper, middle and lower reaches of the Yangtze to meet the needs of the socio-economic development of Northwest and North ...
Ensuring China's future food security will have huge environmental impacts, both domestically and globally. A study by IIASA researchers and Chinese colleagues shows that carefully designed policies across the whole of China's food system, including international trade, are crucial to ensuring that future demand can be satisfied without ...
In this study, we develop a system dynamics simulation model of the drivers and environmental impacts of urban growth, using Shenzhen, South China, as a case study. We identify three phases of urban growth and develop scenarios to evaluate the impact of urban growth on several environmental indicators: land use, air quality, and demand for ...
Environmental degradation is caused by various factors such as air and water pollution, global warming, acid rain, water shortages, soil erosion and desertification. Report from China Carbon Forum indicates that about three-quarter of China's energy supply is generated from coal (Shahbaz, Farhani & Ozturk, 2015).
Ensuring China's future food security will have huge environmental impacts, both domestically and globally. A study by IIASA researchers and …
China award has had little to no impact, it serves to bring awareness to China's environmental degradation in the South China Sea. But China is not the only culprit. All countries pushing for sovereignty in the South China Sea are contributing to the demise of its unique ecosystems. The time has come for these countries to cease disregarding ...
The environmental impact of China's coronavirus shutdown. One complicated dimension of the unfolding coronavirus tragedy is what it ultimately means for carbon emissions in China, by far the world's largest greenhouse gas emitter. Driving the news: A Rhodium Group analysis shows China's emissions grew by another 2.6% last year.
The emergence of China as an economic power has important implications for energy use and environmental outcomes at the local, regional and global levels. ...
Moreover China has a large global environmental impact (e) through the associated negative externalities of rising net imports of ruminant meat (f) …
Marine aquaculture in China consists of both land-based and offshore aquaculture, with the latter mostly operated in shallow seas, mud flats and protected bays. The environmental impacts of aquaculture are also striking. Results: Case studies on pollution hot spots caused by aquaculture have been introduced. The quality and quantity of waste ...
Probably the most prominent of China's environmental issues is the country's air pollution. Industry waste gas emissions put a strain on man and nature alike. In 2018, carbon dioxide emission ...
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Interestingly, the environmental impact of trading with China appears to depend on characteristics of countries' governments. Those countries with high quality of governance, ...
The absolute and proportional environmental impact ranks were negatively correlated (Kendall's τ = −0.28, P = 0.0001, n = 170 countries); but China, Indonesia, Japan, Malaysia, Thailand, and Philippines appeared in the list of highest-impact countries for …
From north near the Mongolian border to south in Guangdong, China is struggling to clean-up the environment polluted by mining and some claim they are making things worse. The clean-up process is expensive and time-consuming, and some say …
February 2009. All countries in the world face challenges in dealing with environmental problems stemming from climate change. China's challenges in adapting to climate change are particularly acute as it is a country struggling to prevent even more pollution and natural disasters that stem, in part, from 30 years of unchecked economic growth.
As a market-based environmental regulation tool, emissions trading scheme for SO2 (SO2 ETS) has been carried out in China for decades, so impacts of SO2 ETS have become a vital issue to the society.
on emissions in China from 1978 to 2008 are quantitatively assessed and analyzed. Corresponding policy suggestions for energy conserva-tion and emission reduction in China are proposed. 2. Model The IPAT identity (Ehrlish and Holdren, 1971) is an equation that is commonly used to analyze the impacts of human behavior on environmental pressure.
The Environmental Impact of China-financed Coal-fired Power Plants in South East Asia GCI WORKING PAPER 007 • 4/2019 Kevin P. Gallagher is Professor of Global Development Policy at the Frederick S. Pardee School of Global Studies and Director of the Global Development Policy Center at Boston University.