

DEVELOPING SOLUTIONS TO REDUCE THE POLLUTANT EMISSIONS GENERATED BY DIESEL ENGINES



According to data from the GLOBAL CARBON PROJECT, in 2019 around 37,000 million tons of CO2 were produced. These levels were reached with 1,400 million vehicles in the world. Vehicles equipped with combustion engines are expected to grow up to 2,800 million by 2036. https://www.globalcarbonproject.org/
Climate change would force more than 140 million people to migrate within their own countries by 2050. World Bank Report (2018). www.bancomundial.org
Natural disasters cost around USD 18 billion annually for low- and middle-income countries, just in damage to transportation and power generation infrastructure.
The most vulnerable countries face particularly high risks of suffering the overload or destruction of their health systems, the depletion of their emergency funds and difficulties in replenishing them given the contraction of fiscal space. https://www.worldbank.org/es/topic/climatechange/overview
Data revealed by the World Health Organization (2018), affirm that 9 out of 10 people in the world breathe polluted air. Every year, 7 million people die from environmental pollution. Of these, about 300,000 are in the Americas. https://www.who.int/es/news/item/02-05-2018-9-out-of-10-people-worldwide-breathe-polluted-air-but-more-countries-are-taking- action