[UN] COVID 락다운으로 인한 공기 질 개선 확인

출처 : United Nations
등록일 : 2021-09-03
조회 : 78

<div style="text-align: justify;" align="justify"><b><span style="font-family: 돋움, dotum; font-size: 11pt; color: rgb(58, 50, 195);"><span style="color: rgb(58, 50, 195); font-size: 11pt; font-family: 돋움, dotum;">원제목:&nbsp;</span></span><font face="돋움, dotum"><span style="font-size: 11pt; color: rgb(58, 50, 195); font-family: 돋움, dotum;">Air quality improvements from COVID lockdowns confirmed</span></font><span style="font-family: 돋움, dotum; font-size: 11pt; color: rgb(58, 50, 195);"></span></b></div><div style="text-align: justify;" align="justify"><font face="돋움, dotum"><span style="font-size: 14.6667px;"><br></span></font></div><div style="text-align: justify;" align="justify"><font face="돋움, dotum"><span style="font-size: 14.6667px;"><br></span></font></div><div style="text-align: justify;" align="justify"><font face="돋움, dotum"><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: 돋움, dotum;">According to the World Meteorological Organization (WMO)’s Air Quality and Climate Bulletin, South East Asia saw a 40 per cent reduction in the level of harmful airborne particles caused by traffic and energy production in 2020.</span></font></div><div style="text-align: justify;" align="justify"><font face="돋움, dotum"><span style="font-size: 14.6667px;"><br></span></font></div><div style="text-align: justify;" align="justify"><font face="돋움, dotum"><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: 돋움, dotum;">China, Europe and North America also saw emissions reductions and improved air quality during the pandemic’s first year, while countries such as Sweden saw less dramatic improvements because existing air quality contained comparatively lower microparticle levels (PM2.5) of harmful sulphur dioxide (SO2), nitrogen oxides (NOx), carbon monoxide (CO) and ozone (O3).</span></font></div><div style="text-align: justify;" align="justify"><font face="돋움, dotum"><span style="font-size: 14.6667px;"><br></span></font></div><div style="text-align: justify;" align="justify"><font face="돋움, dotum"><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: 돋움, dotum;">Atmospheric experiment</span></font></div><div style="text-align: justify;" align="justify"><font face="돋움, dotum"><span style="font-size: 14.6667px;"><br></span></font></div><div style="text-align: justify;" align="justify"><font face="돋움, dotum"><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: 돋움, dotum;">Dr Oksana Tarasova, chief of WMO’s Atmospheric Environment Research Division, explained that although the clean air development had been welcome for many people with breathing difficulties, the absence of harmful microparticles left the path clear for naturally occurring ozone, “which is one of most dangerous pollutants”.</span></font></div><div style="text-align: justify;" align="justify"><font face="돋움, dotum"><span style="font-size: 14.6667px;"><br></span></font></div><div style="text-align: justify;" align="justify"><font face="돋움, dotum"><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: 돋움, dotum;">“So, despite such an unexpected experiment with atmospheric chemistry, we noticed that in many parts of the world, even if you take down the transport and some other emissions, air quality would not meet the requirements of the World Health Organization (WHO),” she told journalists in Geneva.</span></font></div><div style="text-align: justify;" align="justify"><font face="돋움, dotum"><span style="font-size: 14.6667px;"><br></span></font></div><div style="text-align: justify;" align="justify"><font face="돋움, dotum"><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: 돋움, dotum;">‘Godzilla’ storm</span></font></div><div style="text-align: justify;" align="justify"><font face="돋움, dotum"><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: 돋움, dotum;">Although human-caused emissions of air pollutants fell during COVID-19 movement restrictions and the accompanying global economic downturn, weather extremes fuelled by climate and environmental change triggered unprecedented sand storms including the June 2020 “Godzilla” dust cloud – the largest African dust storm on record - and wildfires from Australia to Siberia, which have worsened air quality significantly.</span></font></div><div style="text-align: justify;" align="justify"><font face="돋움, dotum"><span style="font-size: 14.6667px;"><br></span></font></div><div style="text-align: justify;" align="justify"><font face="돋움, dotum"><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: 돋움, dotum;">“This trend is continuing in 2021,” said WMO, pointing to devastating wildfires in North America, Europe and the Russian tundra, that have “affected air quality for millions, and sand and dust storms (that) have blanketed many regions and travelled across continents”.</span></font></div><div style="text-align: justify;" align="justify"><font face="돋움, dotum"><span style="font-size: 14.6667px;"><br></span></font></div><div style="text-align: justify;" align="justify"><font face="돋움, dotum"><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: 돋움, dotum;">4.5 million pollution victims</span></font></div><div style="text-align: justify;" align="justify"><font face="돋움, dotum"><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: 돋움, dotum;">The UN agency noted that air pollution has a significant impact on human health. Estimates from the latest Global Burden of Disease assessment show that global mortality increased from 2.3 million in 1990 – with 91 per cent owing to particulate matter, nine per cent attributed to ozone - to 4.5 million in 2019 – 92 per cent from particulates, eight per cent from ozone).</span></font></div><div style="text-align: justify;" align="justify"><font face="돋움, dotum"><span style="font-size: 14.6667px;"><br></span></font></div><div style="text-align: justify;" align="justify"><font face="돋움, dotum"><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: 돋움, dotum;">The Air Quality and Climate Bulletin – WMO’s first – is based on studying key air-pollutants from more than 540 observation stations in and around 63 cities from 25 countries, across the world’s seven geographical regions.</span></font></div><div style="text-align: justify;" align="justify"><font face="돋움, dotum"><span style="font-size: 14.6667px;"><br></span></font></div><div style="text-align: justify;" align="justify"><font face="돋움, dotum"><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: 돋움, dotum;">Analysis showed decreases of up to 30–40 per cent overall of PM2.5 concentrations during full lockdown in 2020, compared with the same periods in 2015–2019.</span></font></div><div style="text-align: justify;" align="justify"><font face="돋움, dotum"><span style="font-size: 14.6667px;"><br></span></font></div><div style="text-align: justify;" align="justify"><font face="돋움, dotum"><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: 돋움, dotum;">WMO noted however that PM2.5 levels “exhibited complex behaviour even within the same region, with increases in some Spanish cities, for instance, which were attributed mainly to the long-range transport of African dust and/or biomass burning”.</span></font></div><div style="text-align: justify;" align="justify"><font face="돋움, dotum"><span style="font-size: 14.6667px;"><br></span></font></div><div style="text-align: justify;" align="justify"><font face="돋움, dotum"><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: 돋움, dotum;">Changes in ozone concentrations varied greatly across regions, ranging from no overall change to small increases - as in Europe - and larger increases (up 25 per cent in East Asia and up 30 per cent in South America).</span></font></div><div style="text-align: justify;" align="justify"><font face="돋움, dotum"><span style="font-size: 14.6667px;"><br></span></font></div><div style="text-align: justify;" align="justify"><font face="돋움, dotum"><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: 돋움, dotum;">Sulphur dioxide concentrations were 25 – 60 per cent lower in 2020 than during 2015–2019 for all regions, according to WMO’s Bulletin. Carbon monoxide levels were lower for all regions, with the largest decrease in South America, of up to approximately 40 per cent.</span></font></div><div style="text-align: justify;" align="justify"><font face="돋움, dotum"><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: 돋움, dotum;"><br></span></font></div><div style="text-align: justify;" align="justify"><font face="돋움, dotum"><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: 돋움, dotum;"><br></span></font></div><div style="text-align: justify;" align="justify"><span style="font-family: 돋움, dotum; font-size: 11pt; color: rgb(58, 50, 230);">※ 자세한 내용은 URL을 확인하시기 바랍니다.</span></div>

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