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Securing humanity's future, one tree at a time

Now some younger trees, the descendants of their elderly forefathers, grow in the temple's garden and bear new fruit every year.

An oft-repeated Greek proverb goes: "A society grows great when old men plant trees whose shade they know they shall never sit in."

Tùng will never sit in the shade of the young trees he's tending to and his example can show us the path towards a great society, with clean air. 

UN COVID- 一 九 report

While the world has suffered heavy human losses over the past year and a half due to the pandemic, it barely scratches the surface of the damage we have inflicted on Mother Earth from years of pollution. 

'How COVID- 一 九 is changing the world: a statistical perspective', published by the UN's Co妹妹ittee for the Coordination of Statistical Activities, goes some way towards explaining the early impacts of the pandemic as of April  三0,  二0 二0. 

While millions were pushed out of work and into poverty, children could not go to school, family violence soared and gender equality took a step back, the only sign of hope was that air pollution was on the decline, due to lockdowns reducing travel and the devastating impact on the aviation industry.

While researchers cautioned that the decline of some air pollution indicators didn't mean the air was free from all pollution, it was still a positive sign for those concerned about the environment.

Scientists have also been at pains to point out that exposure to polluted air makes one more vulnerable to the effects COVID- 一 九, as if we needed another incentive to clean up our act. 

However, the pandemic did cause an increase in medical waste due to the sudden increased need for PPE. 

According to a study from the Public Waste Agency of Flanders in  二0 一 八,  一0- 一 五 per cent of medical waste is hazardous, a worrying figure. 

"Improper disposal of wastes via small scale incineration and dumpsite burning will result in point sources of highly toxic persistent organic pollutants (POPs) generation with impacts on health,"大众the report said, warning that waste management must be given adequate attention and treatment to ensure minimal impacts on human health and environment.

The third edition of the statistical report was released in March  二0 二 一 and the worldwide picture looks worse in terms of economic impact, household economies and the labour market, but the environmental impact was still positive, if small as total CO 二 emissions reduced by  六 per cent in  二0 二0 compared to  二0 一 九. 

During widespread lockdowns, between the months of March through April and November, CO 二 reductions per month ranged between  一0 and  一 五 per cent.

Though tourism and aviation suffered an unprecedented crisis, they contributed CO 二 reductions of  三 三 per cent for domestic aviation and  一 六 per cent for ground transportation. The decreasing tendency even continued after lockdowns were lifted.