Air pollution in China has become so bad that some Chinese scientists have gone so far to compare it to a nuclear winter. While the capital seems to get the most attention, both domestically and internationally, it is most certainly not just a regional issue. In 2013, 9 cities on the Chinese mainland suffered more days of severe smog than Beijing.
To discuss this problem, we're very grateful to welcome Dimitri De Boer, team leader at the EU-China Environmental governance program, into to the studio. The program focuses on environmental information disclosure, public participation in environmental planning, and access to justice in environmental matters.
Dimitri, thank you very much for joining us.
How worried should we be about the smog? Who is going to be affected the most?