Issue: Services provided by the environment to human settlements - Air
This is an issue under the Human settlements theme of the Data Reporting System.
Why we need to know about this issue
Human settlements are sustained through a number of services that are received from the environment. These services provide the resource inputs to human settlements and may be degraded on by wastes and emissions generated by them.
These services include clean air and a tolerable climate.
Indicators
- A-41 Greenhouse - climate change projections
A tolerable climate is one of the key services provided to human settlements by the atmosphere. Greenhouse gas projections provide information on changes in the capacity of the atmosphere to provide that service.
Related issues
- Human Settlements - Services provided by the environment to human settlements- Ecological services
- Human Settlements - Services provided by the environment to human settlements- Fisheries
- Human Settlements - Services provided by the environment to human settlements- Forest products
- Human Settlements - Services provided by the environment to human settlements- Minerals (including non-renewable energy sources)
- Human Settlements - Services provided by the environment to human settlements- Recreation from the environment
- Human Settlements - Services provided by the environment to human settlements- Renewable energy
- Human Settlements - Services provided by the environment to human settlements- Water
- Biodiversity - Utilisation and value of biodiversity- Contributions of biodiversity to ecological services
- Coasts and Oceans - Contributions of the coasts and oceans to human life- Ecological services (air, water, climate)
- Land - Contributions of land to human life- Ecological services (air, water, climate)
- Atmosphere - Climate variability and change- Weather
- Atmosphere - Climate variability and change- Greenhouse
- Atmosphere - Air quality- Urban air quality
- Atmosphere - Air quality- Air quality - pressures and responses
- Atmosphere - Air quality- Regional air quality
- Coasts and Oceans - Contributions of the coasts and oceans to human life- Non-living material (materials and energy fuels)
- Coasts and Oceans - Contributions of the coasts and oceans to human life- Non-material values benefits (heritage, recreation, aesthetic and spiritual)
- Coasts and Oceans - Contributions of the coasts and oceans to human life- Medium for transportation
- Land - Contributions of land to human life- Medicines and other potentially useful biological compounds from terrestrial sources
- Land - Contributions of land to human life- Living materials from the land
- Land - Contributions of land to human life- Non-living materials from the land
- Land - Contributions of land to human life- Non-materials benefits from the land
- Land - Contributions of land to human life- Space occupied by human activities
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