What is Sustainability ?
Before talk about sustainability in France, what is Sustainability ?
Sustainability is made up of for 4 parts: Society, Economy, Well-being and Nature.
To achieve the sustainability, every part has to be balanced.
Source: projektbloggen.cemusstudent.se
Sustainability is made up of for 4 parts: Society, Economy, Well-being and Nature.
To achieve the sustainability, every part has to be balanced.
Source: projektbloggen.cemusstudent.se
How is sustainability affected by pollution?
Economy: The government has to spend a great deal of money to eliminate pollution. For example, according to Airparif (http://www.airparif.asso.fr/), the cost to fix the problems of air pollution in Europe by 2020 would be between 189 and 609 billion euros per year, so approximately between 299 and 708 billion dollars. The government would less money to pay for other important things, as education, or hospitals for example, which also affect the well-being of the population.
Well-being: As mentioned above, more money could be spent on education, but as the costs of pollution are large the government would not have the money. The pollution also negatively impacts the population's health because they drink the water and breath the air.
Water and air pollution produce diseases such as cancers or asthma, but it also creates more premature births; In 2000 in Europe, there were 368 000 deaths because of premature births.
And if you read the page about water pollution, 1.5 million people are still consuming polluted water (which also affects society).
Nature: It affects the Environment because, for example, acid rain reduces plant growth, which also affects agriculture and the economy. It is killing the Fauna (animals) and the Flora (plants), because when the animals drink the polluted water or breath the polluted air, they get sick or can die. The same applies to the fish that are in the water. It also affects our well-being because there is less food and it is also more expensive. And for the air, the CO2 creates global warming/climate change.
Society: Because people have more diseases and hospitals are crowded, and more people may die. And as mentioned above, food is more expensive. "Defense" against pollution is expensive. Only part of the population can afford to live in "clean" areas and to consume organic food, which effectively creates two groups of people.
Economy: The government has to spend a great deal of money to eliminate pollution. For example, according to Airparif (http://www.airparif.asso.fr/), the cost to fix the problems of air pollution in Europe by 2020 would be between 189 and 609 billion euros per year, so approximately between 299 and 708 billion dollars. The government would less money to pay for other important things, as education, or hospitals for example, which also affect the well-being of the population.
Well-being: As mentioned above, more money could be spent on education, but as the costs of pollution are large the government would not have the money. The pollution also negatively impacts the population's health because they drink the water and breath the air.
Water and air pollution produce diseases such as cancers or asthma, but it also creates more premature births; In 2000 in Europe, there were 368 000 deaths because of premature births.
And if you read the page about water pollution, 1.5 million people are still consuming polluted water (which also affects society).
Nature: It affects the Environment because, for example, acid rain reduces plant growth, which also affects agriculture and the economy. It is killing the Fauna (animals) and the Flora (plants), because when the animals drink the polluted water or breath the polluted air, they get sick or can die. The same applies to the fish that are in the water. It also affects our well-being because there is less food and it is also more expensive. And for the air, the CO2 creates global warming/climate change.
Society: Because people have more diseases and hospitals are crowded, and more people may die. And as mentioned above, food is more expensive. "Defense" against pollution is expensive. Only part of the population can afford to live in "clean" areas and to consume organic food, which effectively creates two groups of people.