WHO guidelines are a clear nudge from the health sector towards the deep decarbonisation of our economy necessary to achieve both climate and air pollution goals. Placing public health at the centre of air quality management, coupled with a commitment to accountability and transparency in standard-setting, is the only way to ensure that the goals we set do not remain solely aspirational.
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Read MoreA legal precedent that concretises links between air pollution and premature death and what this could mean for India’s air pollution discourse.
Read MoreThe annual November smog in the NCR frames the air pollution crisis — its scale, sources and solutions — in ways that undermine the long-term efforts needed.
Read MoreIs the new CAQM the answer to the pleas of National Capital Region (NCR) citizens and an end to the winter airpocalypse?
Read MoreThe smog tower pilot project that the Government has envisaged is unjustifiably expensive, sets a bad precedent for pollution control efforts nationwide and raises questions about its evaluation.
Read MoreThis post answers why smog towers offer neither a scientific policy measure to tackle air pollution nor do they constitute an idea worth piloting.
Read MoreThis report analyses the outcomes of state actions in response to COVID-19 and its impact on the air quality discourse in India.
Read MoreGiven the scale and scope of air pollution, the multiple sources involved, and the complexity of governance, this problem cannot be addressed without an actively involved executive.
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