🌱 International Clean Air Day
O International Clean Air Day – proclaimed by the United Nations (UN) – It is celebrated annually on September 7thsystem. (UN News)
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Regarding the date, the UN Secretary-General, António Guterres, recalled that, in July this year, a resolution recognized the universal right to a clean, healthy and sustainable environment. However, he highlighted that the Polluted air still affects 99% of people on the planet.
A new report from the World Meteorological Organization (WMO) – a United Nations body – released this Wednesday (7), warned that Heat waves and wildfires will become more frequent, intense and longer-lasting due to climate change, worsening air quality and human health.
According to WMO Annual Air Quality and Climate Bulletin (*), the interaction between pollution and climate change will lead to a “climate penalty” that will affect millions of people.
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“Forest fires and related air pollution are expected to increase, even in a low emissions scenario,” WMO Secretary-General Petteri Taalas warned AFP.
The expert highlighted that this phenomenon will have consequences on human health, but also on ecosystems, since atmospheric pollutants are deposited on the Earth's surface.
Regarding what happened this year, in which several countries registered record temperatures, “it is an anticipation of the future, as a new increase in the frequency, intensity and duration of heat waves is expected”, explained Taalas.
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Estimates from the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) indicate that the probability of catastrophic forest fires (such as those observed in central Chile in 2017, Australia in 2019, and the western United States in 2020 and 2021) should increase between 40% and 60% by the end of the century if emissions are high; and between 30% and 50% if they are low.
🐟 Pinto fishing will be prohibited from December
Pinto fishing will be banned across the country from December 5th this year.
the species Pseudoplatystoma corruscans, was included by the Ministry of the Environment in the Official List of Brazilian Species Threatened with Extinction, in the Vulnerable category.
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According to the environmental analyst at the Chico Mendes Institute for Biodiversity Conservation (ICMBio), Carla Polaz, the reason for its inclusion is due to the fact that their populations have been reduced by up to 30% in the country.
“As it is a migratory fish, the dams (dams) that interrupt its migratory routes were the main cause of reduction,” he said.
According to the expert, 219 species were listed as threatened in the latest update of the list of animals in danger of extinction. “This is quite worrying because it reveals that the impacts, mainly anthropogenic [by human action], that make species threatened, have not decreased,” he said.
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According to ICMBio, Brazil has approximately 20% of the species existing in the world, which makes the Brazilian Official List one of the greatest efforts in evaluating the species. biodiversity undertaken at a global level.
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