Beijing has used license plate restrictions to limit the number of cars and set out plans to keep the oldest and most polluting vehicles off roads when air is especially bad. More importantly, the government has harnessed public anger over pollution to plough billions of dollars into wind and solar power, becoming the world's biggest investor in renewable energy. Officials have even begun cancelling plans for new coal-fired power stations - a move with repercussions for the health of those living in Chinese cities, and for the planet.

 

北京通过车牌限制来限定汽车数量，并在空气特别糟糕的时候制定计划限制最古老和污染最严重的车辆上路。更重要的是，由于公众对污染的愤怒，中国政府已经将数十亿美元用于风能和太阳能建设，成为世界上最大的可再生能源投资国。政府官员甚至开始取消新建燃煤电站的计划，这会对中国和世界人民的健康带来影响。

 

 

 

Kraków has the worst air in Poland - one of Europe's most polluted countries.

 

克拉科夫是波兰空气最差的地方，而波兰是欧洲污染最严重的国家之一。

 

After a long legal fight, the city is now moving forward with a ban on burning coal for home heating, to take effect in September 2019.

 

经过长时间的法律斗争，该市目前正在推进燃煤取暖禁令，将于2019年9月生效。

 

 

伦敦：推出空气质量警报系统

 

 

New York has also targeted heating systems. After an analysis found that 1% of buildings burning the dirtiest kinds of fuel oil, were producing more soot than all the city's traffic, officials made plans to gradually ban their use and to help landlords convert.

 

纽约也瞄准了供热系统。一项分析发现，有1%的建筑燃烧的是最不清洁的燃油，其产生的烟尘比全市的交通系统更多。纽约市官员们计划逐步禁止使用这种燃油，并帮助房主改建取暖系统。

 

The changeover is already credited with saving hundreds of lives each year. It's just one piece of New York's air quality strategy, which also aims at slashing greenhouse gas emissions 80% from 2005 levels by 2050, says Mark Chambers, director of the mayor's Office of Sustainability.

 

这种转变每年已经挽救了数百人的生命。市长环保办公室主任马克•钱伯斯称，这只是纽约空气质量战略的一个部分，该市的战略目标是与2005年相比，2050年前将温室气体排放水平削减80%。

 

 

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