25 Facts about Environment

The World Environment Day (WED), celebrated every year on June 5, is the United Nation’s principal vehicle for encouraging worldwide awareness and action for the environment, to protect nature and the planet Earth. It also a day for people do something positive for the environment, galvanizing individual actions into a collective power that generates an exponential positive impact on the planet. The first World Environment Day was celebrated in 1973. Since then it is hosted …

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Top 30: Cities With the Worst Air Pollution

The database on ambient (outdoor) air pollution – the largest of its kind – covers 1600 cities and 91 countries, and indicates where air pollution levels and the related health risks are higher. The aim of this database is not to rank cities or countries but to reflect the monitoring efforts undertaken in those countries. World Health Organization (WHO) has brought together this information on ambient air pollution collected by cities worldwide in order to …

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Top 10: Most Polluting Countries

In the following slides, find the top 10 countries with the greatest carbon dioxide emissions in 2011. 10. United Kingdom Estimated 2011 CO2 Emissions in metric tonnes: 470 million 9. Indonesia Estimated 2011 CO2 Emissions in metric tonnes: 490 million 8. Canada Estimated 2011 CO2 Emissions in metric tonnes: 560 million 7. South Korea Estimated 2011 CO2 Emissions in metric tonnes: 610 million 6. Germany Estimated 2011 CO2 Emissions in metric tonnes: 810 million 5. …

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