UN Sustainability Goals and East Asia: Sustainability Goals Data_ East Asia
Videos of interest:
- Great Big Story: Kamikatsu, Japan: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OS9uhASKyjA
- TED Ed TalkWhat really happens to the plastic you throw away – Emma Bryce: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_6xlNyWPpB8
- NOAA: Great Garbage Patch: https://oceanservice.noaa.gov/podcast/june14/mw126-garbagepatch.html
- Ocean Cleanup: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0EyaTqezSzs
- Ocean Cleanup: how it works: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=O1EAeNdTFHU
- www.ecosia.org = search engine planting trees
- WWF: Plastic pollution in numbers: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IA9O9YUbQew
- Inside the Lab That Could Solve the World’s Plastics Problem (Unsolvable: Episode 1): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ergwipqLwqY
- Why we need to stop plastic pollution in our oceans: OCEANA: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Yomf5pBN8dY
Information about Pollution:
- Air pollution real time air quality index map https://aqicn.org/map/southkorea/
- https://aqicn.org/map/asia/
- https://theoceancleanup.com/press/press-releases/worlds-first-ocean-cleaning-system-to-be-deployed-in-2016/
- https://www.marinelittersolutions.com/projects/kaikawa-trash-summit-river-pollution/
- https://www.newsweek.com/south-korea-mayor-dumps-trash-beach-1461588
- https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2019/08/26/world/science-health-world/shrink-pacific-trash-patch-90-percent/#.Xl_8mnt7mUk
- https://www.bluebird-electric.net/oceanography/Ocean_Plastic_International_Rescue/Boyan_Slat_Ocean_Cleanup_Korea_Strait_Tsushima_Island.htm
- China-Japan-South Korea agree to reduce plastic waste: CNET The Ocean Cleanup successfully launched its ocean plastic cleanup system on Saturday, Sept. 8 from Alameda, California, and is now on its way to clean up the Great Pacific Garbage Patch: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=av_VLRrynIc
- The Ocean Cleanup The Great Pacific Garbage Patch is the largest accumulation of ocean plastic in the world and is located between Hawaii and California. Subscribe to our channel: https://bit.ly/371k8sN
Korea, China and Japan on Marine Plastic Pollution
- https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=heepaJcpzkw
- https://www.worldatlas.com/articles/which-ocean-is-the-most-polluted.html
What Is The Great Pacific Garbage Patch?
- The Great Pacific Garbage Patch is estimated to cover an area of approximately 1.6 million square km.
- https://www.worldatlas.com/articles/what-is-the-great-pacific-garbage-patch.html
- http://onlinegreatpacificgarbagepatch.weebly.com/scale.html
- http://onlinegreatpacificgarbagepatch.weebly.com/issue-and-location.html
- http://onlinegreatpacificgarbagepatch.weebly.com/impact.html
- http://onlinegreatpacificgarbagepatch.weebly.com/resolution.html
- https://www.forbes.com/sites/scottsnowden/2019/05/30/300-mile-swim-through-the-great-pacific-garbage-patch-will-collect-data-on-plastic-pollution/#652046b5489f
- https://ourworldindata.org/plastic-pollution
- https://www.saturdayeveningpost.com/2018/04/last-straw-plastic-pollution-ruins-everything/
- https://oceanservice.noaa.gov/facts/garbagepatch.html
Podcast:
- https://oceanservice.noaa.gov/podcast/june14/mw126-garbagepatch.html
- https://www.statista.com/chart/15421/great-pacific-garbage-patch-floats-on/
- https://www.marinelittersolutions.com/about-marine-litter/frequently-asked-questions/
- https://www.marinelittersolutions.com/about-marine-litter/what-is-marine-litter/
Ocean Pollution:
- China, Japan, Korea to work together: https://www.chinadaily.com.cn/a/201911/25/WS5ddb2cb2a310cf3e355799f3.html
- https://www.industryweek.com/the-economy/environment/article/21960163/japan-china-s-korea-to-cooperate-on-air-pollution
- https://www.thaipbsworld.com/china-japan-south-korea-agree-to-reduce-plastic-waste/
- https://www.thaipbsworld.com/surfers-go-green/
- https://www.sciencealert.com/south-korea-plans-to-bring-the-rain-to-solve-its-air-pollution-problem
- https://www.numbeo.com/pollution/compare_countries_result.jsp?country1=China&country2=South+Korea
- https://www.numbeo.com/pollution/compare_countries_result.jsp?country1=China&country2=United+States
- The Plastics breakdown: infographic: http://www.oneworldoneocean.com/blog/entry/plastics-breakdown-an-infographic
- Korea, China and Japan on Marine Plastic Pollution: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=heepaJcpzkw
- Japan: Osaka Blue Ocean Vision: https://www.mofa.go.jp/files/000493728.pdf
Pollution:
- A Plastic Wave – A documentary film on plastic pollution: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9-dpv2xbFyk
- https://www.chinadaily.com.cn/a/201911/25/WS5ddb2cb2a310cf3e355799f3.html
- http://english.mee.gov.cn/Resources/Reports/bomeaesoc/201911/P020191129369234962072.pdf
- https://www.oecd.org/finance/Chinas-Belt-and-Road-Initiative-in-the-global-trade-investment-and-finance-landscape.pdf
- https://www.iamrenew.com/sustainability/global-recycling-day-a-look-into-india-and-the-world/
- https://www.iamrenew.com/knowledge-hub-sustainability/the-kamikatsu-lessons-an-almost-zero-waste-town-in-japan/
- Kamikatsu: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OS9uhASKyjA
- Zero Waste society: http://zwa.jp/en/
- World Bank: Waste: http://datatopics.worldbank.org/what-a-waste/
- Infographic: https://www.worldbank.org/en/news/infographic/2018/09/20/what-a-waste-20-a-global-snapshot-of-solid-waste-management-to-2050
- The Economist: https://www.economist.com/graphic-detail/2018/10/02/global-waste-generation-will-nearly-double-by-2050
Air Pollution:
- https://www.nationalgeographic.com/environment/global-warming/pollution/
- https://www.unenvironment.org/news-and-stories/story/air-pollution-and-climate-change-two-sides-same-coin
- https://www.unenvironment.org/news-and-stories/story/china-shows-strong-political-commitment-montreal-protocol
- http://english.mee.gov.cn/
- http://english.mee.gov.cn/Resources/Reports/reports/201912/P020191204495763994956.pdf
- https://nmcdn.io/e186d21f8c7946a19faed23c3da2f0da/8ed2672177464f2e9b193130d1000c50/files/blog/recycling-rates-around-the-world/recycling_rates_around_the_world_Full_Size.jpg
- https://recyclinginternational.com/business/ranking-the-biggest-waste-producers-worldwide/27792/
- http://english.mee.gov.cn/News_service/media_news/202001/t20200115_759398.shtml
- http://english.mee.gov.cn/News_service/media_news/202001/t20200106_757551.shtml
- http://english.mee.gov.cn/News_service/news_release/201909/t20190917_734051.shtml
- http://english.mee.gov.cn/News_service/media_news/201906/t20190603_705215.shtml
Global Warming:
Changing planet
- https://ncse.ngo/changing-planet-past-present-future
- https://ncse.ngo/supporting-teachers/classroom-resources
- https://climateactiontracker.org/countries/china/
- https://climateactiontracker.org/publications/governments-still-not-acting-on-climate-crisis/
- https://www.pnas.org/content/116/35/17193
- https://www.pnas.org/content/pnas/116/35/17193.full.pdf
Impacts of climate change on future air quality and human health in China
- Significance: More intense extreme events are projected under future cli-mate change. However, the impacts of climate extremes on future air quality and associated health implications are not well recognized and are rarely quantified in China, with an enormous health burden from air pollution. Here, we estimate the climate-driven air pollution mortality in China and find that future climate change is likely to exacerbate air pollution mortality, largely influenced by the more intense extreme events such as stagnation events and heat waves. Our analysis provides quantitative assessments and insights regarding the links between climate extremes, future air quality, and public health, suggesting that extreme weather events may be an important mechanism by which climate change will affect air quality, and especially fine particulate matter.
- https://www.pnas.org/content/115/16/4015
- https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3040620/
- https://www.who.int/globalchange/projects/adaptation/en/index3.html
- https://www.who.int/globalchange/projects/adaptation/PHE-adaptation-final-China.pdf?ua=1
- https://www.who.int/globalchange/resources/toolkit/en/
Japan: https://www.climaterealityproject.org/blog/how-climate-crisis-impacts-japan