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Beijing considers classifying worst smog events as natural disasters

Source(s): South China Morning Post
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By Li Jing

Beijing municipal authorities are mulling whether to classify the city’s notorious smog events as “meteorological disasters” along with torrential rain, blizzards and droughts among others, according to draft regulations on natural disaster mitigation submitted on Thursday.

Liu Zhengang, director of the municipal government’s legal affairs office, said smog as was “a combined result of man-made pollution and natural weather conditions” so it was appropriate to call the phenomenon a meteorological disaster, the Beijing News reported.

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Themes Environment and ecosystems Disaster risk management
Country and region China
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