Disease Dilemmas SG2

Question 1

What happens when life expectancy increases?

Answer 1

Diseases deaths shift from communicable to non communicable

Question 2

How many of the worlds polluted cities are in China?

Answer 2

16/20

Question 3

How much of the coal consumed in the world does China consume?

Answer 3

50%

Question 4

Coal is used to meet the % of China’s total energy needs?

Answer 4

70%

Question 5

Lung cancer rate has risen by what % in the last decade?

Answer 5

60%

Question 6

What are the strategies to combat poor air quality in China?

Answer 6

2013-17 5 year plan - Set out target to increase renewable contribution to energy mix to 13%
Colour coded smog and air pollution alert system - implemented to temporarily reduce emissions and pollution levels
A ban on new coal fired power plants - in the Pearl River Delta and Yangtze river delta
Levels of PM2.5 was to be reduced - by 25% in Beijing and by 20% in Shanghai by 2017
Yellow label vehicles - to be removed from all roads in China by 2017