Environmental Sustainability Andriy Vlashyn, Francy Shumrick, Danielle Chen, Jonathan Hicks, Mohammed Moumen

Targets ●Principles of sustainable development must be integrated into country policies and programs Aim to reverse the loss of environmental resources ●Reduce biodiversity loss ●Halve the proportion of the population without sustainable access to safe drinking water and basic sanitation ●Achieve a significant improvement in the lives of at least 100 million slum dwellers

China Lack of: Clean air and water Healthy food Safe shelter Biodiversity

Causes Increased industrial output Results in severe air and water pollution Deforestation and Desertification Contributes to the loss of biodiversity

Who’s impacted? Everyone Forests have been destroyed Lost of habitat for animals Less trees Chemicals are released in great amounts to the air, water, and greenlands

Who’s REALLY impacted? Minorities 55 Chinese minority groups Achang, Baj, Daur, and many more Live in areas that are rich in natural resources: Xinjiang Ningxia Inner Mangolia Tend to be very poor Have no power to fight for their rights

So far The United Nations has... Made use of financial incentives Protected, restored, and promoted various ecosystems Made access to clean water, a human right that must be met 5 years ahead of schedule Invested in the improvement of slums

Progress in China Key focuses in China Water recycling and reutilization Clean technologies Renewable energies From number of wastewater plants in China nearly quadrupled Chinese government plans to open up advanced technology that will reduce energy input needed to filter pollutants out of water

As of 2010, around $33 (in US dollars) was used for the construction of a water infrastructure that now benefits 14.6 million people The Chinese government has also committed to producing 16% of its primary energy from renewable resources by 2020 Providing financial incentives to those who advance in wind and solar power China was the largest producer of Solar PVs in the world and produced 45% of the global solar power in figures show a decline in coal consumption for the first time in 15 years, and China is now the world’s largest investor in renewable energy. Progress in China cont.

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