Q. Read the following passage and answer the question that follows.
Environmental issues are gaining increasing attention from both policy makers and the public across countries in Asia. Visible environmental challenges ranging from air quality deterioration to global climate change undermine people’s standard of living and impose irreversible damage on the ecosystem. For countries in Asia, decades of rapid economic growth have borne mixed fruit in terms of environmental implications. On the one hand, the accumulation of national wealth through unchecked industrialization and natural resource exploitation has compromised ecosystem vitality and brought about health hazards such as air and water pollution. On the other hand, Asia’s early-starter countries in economic growth, such as Japan and the Republic of Korea, are devoting more resources to environmental governance with greater regulatory efficiency, hence boosting environmental performance. This twofold effect highlights both the wide regional variances among different states in Asia and the complex nature of drivers behind environmental performance, as growth could either deteriorate or remediate the environment.
Q. With reference to the above passage, which of the following statement(s) is/are considered incorrect?