“Over 600 million children in Southeast Asia and other countries are affected by air pollution.” United Nations, November 8, 11:28
The UN calls on related countries to increase investment in renewable energy such as sunlight to solve air pollution, assuming that more than 600 million children in Southeast Asia are breathing polluted air It was.
“In Southeast Asia and South Asia, 620 million children breathe polluted air. Children are more susceptible to health than adults,” said a United Nations press spokesman, Dujalic. Stated and expressed concern.
After that, “UNICEF called the UN Children's Fund today called for urgent action to deal with the air pollution crisis,” and in addition to air pollution countermeasures such as exhaust gas countermeasures for transportation, solar power from fossil fuels such as oil and coal Called on countries to increase investment in renewable energy.
“The majority of the world's coal-fired power generation construction list is East Asia, South Asia, and Southeast Asia,” when UN Secretary General Guterres attended an ASEAN-Southeast Asian Union conference held in Thailand this month. And argue that new construction should be banned after 2020.
The announcement on this day reiterated the UN's position that a switch to renewable energy is essential to protect people's health and stop global warming.