China requested an environmental performance review from the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development, and the 18-month study concluded that China’s efforts to reduce pollution aren’t sufficient.
From the Age Australia:
China’s efforts to tackle pollution are failing, and unless it redoubles efforts to implement its environmental laws and policies, hundreds of millions of people will fall ill and millions die prematurely from some of the world’s filthiest air and water.The conclusion appears in an Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development study that also says China’s environmental laws and five-year economic plans provide a good framework for tackling chronic pollution, but the country has been unable to implement or enforce them properly. [Full Text]
See the abstract from the study on China’s pollution.
