Chemical pollution - Hadeel Khawaldeh

Description:

Fossil fuel air pollution is responsible for more than 8 million people worldwide in 2018, according to new research from Harvard University. Eastern North America, Europe, and South-East Asia recorded the highest rate of air pollution.
Burning fossil fuels such as coal, petrol, and diesel, is a significant source of drifting particulate matter and ground-level ozone, which have both been implicated as key contributors to the global burden of mortality and disease.

Enablers:

1- Moving out the fossil fuel facilities far away from residential areas.
2- Force the industry sector to follow the air quality policies.
3- Track the impact of the energy at all levels.
4- Replace the fossil fuel energy source with renewable energy.
5- Pursuit social and government pressures.

Inhibitors:

1- Compromise the chemical pollution with industrial development.

Paradigms:

Fossil fuels still accounted for 84% of the world’s primary energy consumption in 2019, however the usage of the renewable energy is incrased too.

Experts:

- Harvard Business Review articles.
- Science direct.
- Forbes.

Timing:

- In 2011, many top environmental and sustainability executives, such as Rob Bernard from Microsoft, did risk-assessment for the pollution exposure. Depending on that, they did establish new energy strategies.
- Companies started to integrate clean energy into the their vision and operations.

Web Resources:

- https://www.seas.harvard.edu/news/2021/02/deaths-fossil-fuel-emissions-higher-previously-thought
- https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/abs/pii/S0013935121000487
- https://hbr.org/2014/02/how-exactly-will-we-move-away-from-fossil-fuels
- https://hbr.org/2017/01/energy-strategy-for-the-c-suite
- https://www.forbes.com/sites/rrapier/2020/06/20/bp-review-new-highs-in-global-energy-consumption-and-carbon-emissions-in-2019/?sh=50503ce466a1