This overview sets the scene for the various modules in the Renewables 2024 Global Status Report Collection. It provides high-level trends on the status of renewables in the wider fossil fuel-dominated energy system in the context of global challenges such as climate change, development goals and the geopolitical landscape. Urgent …
India is home to 18 of the 20 cities with the most severe increase in fine particle pollutants or PM2.5 from 2010 to 2019, according to this comprehensive and detailed analysis of air pollution and global health effects for over 7,000 cities, published by the Health Effects Institute (HEI). This …
A new report titled “Behind the Smokescreen” by Greenpeace India reveals that a year after initial nationwide lockdowns due to Covid-19, NO2 (nitrogen dioxide) pollution has increased in India’s eight most populous state capitals studied. Among Mumbai, Delhi, Bengaluru, Hyderabad, Chennai, Kolkata, Jaipur and Lucknow, Delhi saw the most dramatic …
The World Health Organization attributes about 3.3 million annual premature deaths to outdoor air pollution in low- and middle-income countries. Comprehensive pollution monitoring in urban areas has been too costly for many developing countries; yet sparse information has hindered cost-effective pollution management strategies. Global information technologies offer a potential escape …
It is evident that as compared to lockdown period, air quality in terms of Air Quality Index has remained ‘Satisfactory’ during modified lockdown period at all the towns except at Jodhpur where it has worsened to ‘Moderate’ Category. In comparison to the periods of lockdown, air quality has worsened during …
Air pollution may shave as much as seven months off the life expectancy of children who live in congested cities, UK research suggests. The “mortality burden” of a lifetime of breathing toxic air has been calculated for one of the UK’s largest cities, Birmingham, by a team from King’s College …
More than three quarters of the 43m cars tampered with in the Dieselgate emissions test cheating scandal are still on the road four years later. It will probably take another two years to recall the remaining 33m vehicles that were tampered with, according to analysis of unpublicised European commission figures …
Air Quality Index also expected to slowly deteriorate in the next two days With rising temperatures, surface ozone pollution is expected to increase in Delhi in the next three days, according to a forecast by the System of Air Quality and Weather Forecasting and Research (SAFAR). “Surface ozone can lead …
Bengaluru: How bad is the air we breathe? What impact does the city’s toxic air have on our health? Soon, such questions will get specific answers with the Clean Air Platform (CAP), a collective initiating a project to measure air pollution exposure in Bengaluru. The project titled #WhatAreYouBreathing will crowd-source …
Eskom's pollution has been linked to premature deaths in Mpumalanga and Gauteng, an environmental organisation has charged. Data from Greenpeace suggests that pollution caused by Eskom's coal power plants in Mpumalanga is linked to 2 100 premature deaths every year. Greenpeace released two reports on Wednesday, March 20: An updated …
Nitrogen pollution is one of the biggest environmental issues faced by humans today and requires urgent action from nations around the world, the UN Environment agency said on Monday. Its Frontiers report, launched ahead of the UN Environment high-level assembly beginning here on March 11, explores environmental issues that will …
Fourteen major cities in northwest China's Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region had their air quality improved in 2018, thanks to intensified efforts in environmental control. The average concentration of sulfur dioxide, nitrogen dioxide, carbon monoxide, ozone, and fine particles dropped by 15.4 percent, 10 percent, 23.1 percent, 6.3 percent and 10.9 …
They are part of a group of 50 which have received £20 million funding from the United Kingdom Eighteen research institutions in India are among a group of 50 institutions — called the South Asian Nitrogen Hub (SANH) — in the United Kingdom and South Asia that have secured £20 …
The University of Cape Town’s Energy Research Centre (ERC) last week issued a report looking into the intensity of emissions in the power sector across the G20 countries. The fourth annual Brown to Green Report has found that South Africa has the highest intensity of emissions in the power sector, …
The city of Bath may have a reputation for gentility but plans to charge many motorists £9 a day to drive into its Georgian streets are provoking anger and resentment. High levels of pollution, largely caused by topography – the city lies in a giant bowl – are forcing the …
Copenhagen has been struggling with air pollution for many years now. Pollution from lorries, vans, buses and cars each year costs lives. Now, research conducted by the University of Copenhagen and a series of collaborators shows that the average lifespan of Copenhageners could increase by an entire year in 2040 …
NEW DELHI: Technology will be used to ensure better air quality along the route of the Delhi Half Marathon to be held on October 21. The organisers will use systems like ultra high frequency radio pulses, mist fans and pollution removing reagents to reduce pollutants in the air, and thus …
NEW DELHI: Stubble burning in neighbouring states may be drawing everyone’s attention during the peak pollution days in the capital in pre-winter harvest season, but it is the vehicular emission which is the biggest culprit followed by industrial emission in making Delhi’s air dirty. Both these sectors pollute the entire …
High levels of air pollutants especially fine particulate matter may increase the risk of developing mouth cancer, a study has found. The number of new cases, and deaths from, mouth cancer is increasing in many parts of the world, according to the researchers including those from Asia University and Chung …
Mumbai: The air quality in Mumbai has improved in the last three years, with the average levels of pollutants dipping significantly, according to the BMC’s Environment Status Report (ESR) 2017-18 released recently. However, the levels of the air pollutants remain much above the Central Pollution Control Board’s permissible limits. According …
Under the European Union’s (EU) Air Quality Directive, Member States have to implement and report on the measures they put in place in areas where air quality limit and target values are exceeded. This briefing provides an overview of the different types of abatement measures reported. It focuses mainly on …
