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Can EVs solve India's air pollution crisis?

While EVs can help improve local air quality, simply replacing existing vehicles with EVs will not be sufficient. EVs could not only lead to increased emissions upstream, but potentially also worsen non-exhaust emissions.

CommentaryArunesh KarkunDecember 9, 2021Arunesh Karkun, Air Quality, air pollution, electric vehicles, transport, thermal power plants, India Renewable energyComment

Confronting everyday sources of pollution across the country

The 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.

CommentarySantosh HarishDecember 10, 2020Air Quality, Santosh Harish, NCR, household solid fuels, vehicles, thermal power plants, Pollution in IndiaComment

The interplay between the pandemic and pollution

As the country battles a public health crisis of staggering proportions, we must remind ourselves that we do not have the luxury of tackling air pollution at a later point.

CommentarySantosh Harish and Shibani GhoshJuly 16, 2020Air Quality, COVID-19, Finance Commission, vehicles, crop residue burning, thermal power plants, household solid fuels, Pollution in IndiaComment

Pursuing a clean air agenda during the COVID-19 pandemic

This report analyses the outcomes of state actions in response to COVID-19 and its impact on the air quality discourse in India.

New at ICEESantosh Harish and Shibani GhoshJuly 6, 2020Air Quality, Santosh Harish, Shibani Ghosh, Airshed, vehicles, thermal power plants, crop residue burning, Finance Commission, COVID-19, Pollution in IndiaComment

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