OUR COMMON FUTURE

16 July 2013 EM 1

Sustainable Development

Thinks of Next Generation - James Freeman

Clarke16 July 2013 EM 2

Sustainability

• Researcher Hongbin Yu of the University

of Maryland, and his team in a report

published in the August 3, 2012 issue of

the journal Science.

• Half of the Particulate Pollution in North

America Comes from Other Continents

• Atmospheric particles can travel

thousands of miles

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Indonesia forest fires causes

record air pollution in Singapore 20

Jun 2013

• The Pollutant Standards Index- 371 "hazardous"

• Raging fires in Indonesia has hit Singapore and

Malaysia

• Nearby Malaysia closed 200 schools and banned

open burning in some areas.

• Singapore urged people to remain indoors

16 July 2013 EM 4

North India Under Pressure

• Powerful rains over Northwest India have killed over 130 people and left 70,000 pilgrims stranded,

– damaged temple towns

– washed away roads

– 21 bridges in Uttarakhand.

• Monday morning registered a record rainfall of 340 mm. This amount of rain in June is seen almost after five decades,”

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