SDG BLOG 8

This week I will cover Jamaica. Jamaica is a Caribbean nation that is known as the Bob Marley nation. They are additionally known for their comprehensive get-away packages, their sea shores and the mark reggae music. Jamaica has had history of catastrophic events and exceptionally various environmental change. Jamaica has focused on tending to these issues through execution of approaches and their maintainable formative objectives.


Their issues are expedited by "catastrophic events, negative impacts of environmental change, and elevated levels of obligation." These are enormous issues for the nation since it upsets the advancement of development among the nation. It impacts them financially with being a travelers fascination, supplies/assets and business. They plan on quickening the advancement towards the objective by actualizing national needs, distinguishing instruments and techniques for financing, and so on.

They have built up their vision, their ERP, which is a monetary change program to "give more prominent concentration to financial development." This will help with their elevated levels of obligation. They will likewise take a shot at atmosphere sealing which will assist them with dealing with the earth and manufacture Jamaica's "strength" to any future debacles traveled their direction. The United States battles with different environmental change and characteristic/man made calamities frequently yet I scarcely hear anything being done to change that. Contamination, debased water, man made seismic tremors because of penetrating; this and more can be anticipated if appropriate measures are taken. Indeed, even obligation, such a significant number of individuals in the U.S. are managing understudy credits alone.
 


None. (2019, May 23). Latest Jamaica Travel Alerts and Warnings. Retrieved from https://www.worldnomads.com/travel-safety/caribbean/jamaica/travel-alert-jamaica.

Jamaica .:. Sustainable Development Knowledge Platform. (n.d.). Retrieved December 8, 2019, from https://sustainabledevelopment.un.org/memberstates/jamaica.

SDG Blog 7

This week I chose Germany and particularly about their air pollution and environmental health issues is getting along their part to have clean air quality all through their nation. Some portion of target 3.9 is to improve air quality and decrease death rates because of air contamination. Nobody should bite the dust or become ill since they don't have clean air to relax. 

One system Germany is instituting is the Berlin Low Emission Zone. The Berlin Low Emission Zone is the focal point of Berlin. They have a sticker framework that decides a vehicle's outflow status. Red being the more regrettable, yellow requiring improvement and green being outflow cordial. If a vehicle creates a lot of diesel residue they won't be permitted to stop or drive all through the city (The Low-Emission Zone/State of Berlin, 2019). The primary objective is for everybody to get their vehicles cutting-edge with the goal that the city has less air contamination from old or run-down vehicles that produce a ton of ash. 
The German government has attempted to maintain a strategic distance from bans by executing a few measures planned for decreasing emanations levels. Researchers stay distrustful about the adequacy of driving bans to cut down contamination levels, with many supporting for a city toll rather to diminish traffic volumes in all cases. As of now in January, the UBA expressed that nitrogen dioxide outflows in the nation had been in decrease in 2018, referring to nearby estimates, for example, speed limits, traffic limitations, recharging of vehicle armadas and the climate as reasons.

 More individuals are beginning to understand the significance of having a low outflow vehicle as a result of the need to pass through the low emanation zones. At the point when they purchase their vehicles, they will in general search for "Keen Cars" and Eco-accommodating makes and models. Anyway some advancement still should be done to escape from the BMW's and Volkswagen's that are famous all through Germany. It will be up to the individuals of Germany to choose in the event that they will settle on more intelligent choices concerning their air quality.

"Environmental Protection." The Low-emission Zone / State of Berlin. N.p., n.d. Web. 1 Dec. 2019.

Wehrmann, B., Appunn, K., Wehrmann, S. A. B., & Amelang, S. (2019, June 17). Air pollution remains too high in nearly 60 German cities – environment agency. Retrieved from https://www.cleanenergywire.org/news/air-pollution-remains-too-high-nearly-60-german-cities-environment-agency.