In a report released Monday, Greenpeace listed Jounieh among the world's top 50 pollution hotspots.
Lebanon’s city of Jounieh ranked 5th among the Arab world's 23 countries in terms pollution clusters, producing record levels of nitrogen dioxide, according to the environmental group.
The report said that unprecedentedly detailed satellite data generated by the European Space Agency’s new satellite and analyzed by Greenpeace reveals the location of the globes worst NO2 emissions sources.
“NO2, and NOx more generally, are dangerous air pollutants, causing respiratory symptoms and lung 1 damage on acute exposure, increasing the risk of chronic diseases in long-term exposure.”
According to the report, the list of the largest emissions hotspots includes several coal-fired power plants in India, South Africa and Germany, 10 power plant and industrial clusters in China, 14 megacities with very high transport-related emissions, including Santiago de Chile, Tehran, Dubai, London and Paris; as well as agricultural burning in Congo and Angola.
Some hotspots, such as Seoul, Jakarta and New Delhi, have a mix of contributing sources, including transport, coal power plants and manufacturing.
The world’s biggest hotspot is Mpumalanga in South Africa, home to a cluster of a dozen coal fired power plants with a total capacity of over 32 gigawatts owned and operated by Eskom.
The data covers the period from 1 June to 31 August 2018.
The largest number of hotspots, a total of 10, is found in China, eight in the Arab world, four in the EU and three in India, the US and DR Congo.
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