DC Field | Value | Language |
dc.contributor.author | Hameed, Aminath Maiha | - |
dc.contributor.author | Ajmal, Ismail | - |
dc.date.accessioned | 2023-06-01T06:14:15Z | - |
dc.date.available | 2023-06-01T06:14:15Z | - |
dc.date.issued | 2019 | - |
dc.identifier.citation | Hameed, A.M. and Ajmal, I. (2019). National action plan on air pollutants: Determining nationally avoided emissions 2019. Maldives: Ministry of Environment | en_US |
dc.identifier.uri | http://saruna.mnu.edu.mv/jspui/handle/123456789/14502 | - |
dc.description.abstract | Few environmental issues so directly affect human health,
and the health of the planet, as air pollution.
Until recently, scientic and political conversations around
climate change and air pollution had taken place
separately. Nowadays, however, it is increasingly
recognized that both issues are closely linked.
Several air pollutants and greenhouse gases have
common sources. Therefore designing mitigation
strategies with both in mind certainly has the potential to
deliver multiple benets - by helping to achieve rapid
near-term climate goals, as well as to achieve real world
benets for the ecosystem and human health.
In order to develop an integrated analysis on air pollution
and climate change for this Action Plan, an air pollutant
emissions inventory was compiled, which generated
mitigation scenarios and estimated benets of action. It is
a signicant step towards identifying science based
policy decisions with regards to managing air quality.
Although clean air is a basic human right, it has also
become a luxury; with nine out of ten people worldwide
breathing air declared unsafe by World Health
Organization standards. Maldives, a relatively small
contributor to global emissions, is not immune to the
effects of air pollution. In 2013, almost 90% of air
pollution during the dry period in Male' was recorded
from transboundary sources.
Certainly, air pollution can no longer be considered a
local problem. It is very much a global phenomenon which
requires international political leverage. The government
of Maldives is committed to take concrete and strategic
action to address the issues of air pollution to protect the
environment, and safeguard human health. | en_US |
dc.language.iso | en | en_US |
dc.publisher | Ministry of Environment | en_US |
dc.subject | Air Pollution Pollutants Climate Global Warming | en_US |
dc.title | National action plan on air pollutants | en_US |
dc.title.alternative | Determining nationally avoided emissions 2019 | en_US |
dc.type | Book | en_US |
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