Environment

Review of Vietnam policy on brick kiln

Presentation by Hoang Anh Le of Vietnam National University at the Anil Agarwal Dialogue 2015: Poor in climate change, India Habitat Centre, New Delhi, March 11 – 12, 2015.

Hoang Anh Le
Tags:
Bricks, Vietnam, Anil Agarwal Dialogue, Crop Residues, Air Pollution, Land Use, Land Degradation, South Asia, Diesel, Carbon Monoxide, Oxides Of Nitrogen (NOx), RSPM (PM 10), PM 2.5, Ozone, Green House Gases
Air Pollution

Black carbon mitigation strategies for the transportation sector in California

Presentation by Bart E Croes, chief of the Research Division for the California Air Resources Board at the Anil Agarwal Dialogue 2015: Poor in climate change, India Habitat Centre, New Delhi, March 11 – 12, 2015.

Bart E Croes
Tags:
Black Carbon, Climate Change, California, Vehicular Pollution, Air Pollution, Transport, Motorised Vehicles, Ozone, RSPM (PM 10), Air Quality and Health, Diesel, Cancer, Health Effects, CNG, Oxides Of Nitrogen (NOx), PM 2.5, Urban Air Quality, United States Of America (US), Anil Agarwal Dialogue
Air Pollution

Heavy duty vehicle emission pollution control in China

Presentation by Li Kunsheng of Beijing Municipal Environmental Protection Bureau at the Anil Agarwal Dialogue 2015: Poor in climate change, India Habitat Centre, New Delhi, March 11 – 12, 2015.

Li Kunsheng
Tags:
Vehicular Pollution, China, Air Pollution, Atmosphere, Beijing, RSPM (PM 10), PM 2.5, Vehicular Standards, Diesel, CNG, Petrol, Oxides Of Nitrogen (NOx), Fuel Standards, Anil Agarwal Dialogue
Climate Change

Short-lived climate pollutants: making co-benefit work for the poor

Presentation by Sunita Narain Director General of Centre for Science and Environment (CSE) at the Anil Agarwal Dialogue 2015: Poor in climate change, India Habitat Centre, New Delhi, March 11 – 12, 2015.

Sunita Narain
Tags:
Black Carbon, Aerosols, Sunita Narain, Anil Agarwal, Poverty, Air Pollution, Climate Change, Chulhas (Cookstoves), Biomass, Centre for Science and Environment (CSE), Green House Gases, Methane, Diesel, Carbon Dioxide, RSPM (PM 10), PM 2.5, Health Effects, CNG, Vehicular Pollution, Urban Air Quality, Anil Agarwal Dialogue
Air Pollution

Final report on air quality status in the National Capital Region

Final report on air quality status in the National Capital Region as per Hon’ble National Green Tribunal order in the application No. 21 of 2014 (In the matter of Vardhman Kaushik Vs. Union of India).

Publication Date: 
25/02/2015
Central Pollution Control Board
Tags:
Air Quality Monitoring, Urban Air Quality, Delhi, RSPM (PM 10), PM 2.5, Ozone, Benzene, Carbon Monoxide, Nitrogen Dioxide, Air Quality Standards, Vehicular Pollution
Air Pollution

Air Pollution Cutting 660 M Lives Short By 3 Yrs: Report

99.5% of Indians breathe air with pollutants way above safety levels

Publication Date: 
23/02/2015
Urmi Goswami
Economic Times (New Delhi)
Tags:
Air Pollution, Respiratory Diseases, WHO, CSE, RSPM (PM 10), Central Pollution Control Board (CPCB), Health Effects
Air Pollution

Clean air and healthy lungs: enhancing the World Bank's approach to air quality management

Cities in India and China have become iconic for air pollution challenges and the health impacts they bring. But city-dwellers in India and China are not the only ones facing worrying levels of air pollution. From Senegal to Peru, millions of people breathe polluted air every day, suffering a range of health implications.

Publication Date: 
19/02/2015
Yewande Awe, Jostein Nygard, Steinar Larssen, & et al
The World Bank
Tags:
Air Pollution, Air Quality Management, Health Effects, Developing Countries, India, Urban Air Quality, World Bank, RSPM (PM 10), Environmental Health, PM 2.5
Air Pollution

Modelling street level PM10 concentrations across Europe: source apportionment and possible futures

Despite increasing emission controls, particulate matter (PM) has remained a critical issue for European air quality in recent years. The various sources of PM, both from

Publication Date: 
13/02/2015
G. Kiesewetter, J. Borken-Kleefeld, W. Schöpp & et al
Atmospheric Chemistry and Physics
1539–1553
Tags:
RSPM (PM 10), Air Pollution, Europe, European Union (EU), Legislation, PM 2.5, Oxides Of Nitrogen (NOx)
Air Pollution

Air Pollution and Atherosclerosis: A Cross-Sectional Analysis of Four European Cohort Studies in the ESCAPE Study

In four European cohorts, we investigated the cross-sectional association between long-term exposure to air pollution and intima-media thickness of the common carotid artery (CIMT), a pre-clinical marker of atherosclerosis.

Publication Date: 
27/01/2015
Laura Perez, Kathrin Wolf, Frauke Hennig & et al
Environmental Health Perspectives
1-35
Tags:
Air Pollution, Health Effects, Air Quality and Health, Europe, Oxides Of Nitrogen (NOx), PM 2.5, RSPM (PM 10), Vehicular Pollution, Sweden, Germany, Spain
Air Pollution

Britain’s ethnic minorities breathing most polluted air

Britain's ethnic minorities are breathing the most polluted air.

Publication Date: 
27/01/2015
Kounteya Sinha
Economic Times (New Delhi)
Tags:
United Kingdom (UK), Air Pollution, RSPM (PM 10), Nitrogen Dioxide, Netherlands

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