Indoor air pollution increases with the use of polluting cooking fuels such as wood & kerosene. Creating ward- and village-level emission inventories is critical to developing stronger policies. Vandana TYyagi & Azra Khan explain in Livemint: bit.ly/3llWLH6

Polluting cooking fuels contributes to household air pollution affecting women due to their daily activities.
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#WRIIndiaYearEnder | 2022 was a year of significant engagement with our readers and followers. Explore our five most loved City LinkedIn posts from the year in this thread (1/6)

.MoEF&CC launched the #SwachhVayuSurvekshan to extend the mandate of air pollution components laid out Swachh Bharat Urban. Sanjar Ali Bhavay Sharma & Vandana TYyagi analyse the benefits of the Survekshan & point out what has been missed out - wricitiesindia.org/content/swachh…

Effective monitoring is critical to implementation of better #airquality management. However many Smart Cities lack monitoring stations. This blog by Ritesh Patidar Bhavay Sharma Vandana TYyagi & Ajay Nagpure explores pathways that a #SmartCity can adopt: bit.ly/3s71NqB

Delhi’s Graded Response Action Plan (GRAP) has been invoked once again. All non-essential construction work has been banned. Gaurav Tomar and Vandana TYyagi argue in favour of #CleanConstruction rather than an outright ban - wri-india.org/blog/why-urban….

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WRI India’s Bhavay Sharma recently got the opportunity to share the table with some of India’s premier air quality experts at the 2nd ‘ #AirQualityManagement ’ technical convening organised by EU in India. #CleanAirForAll #AQM #AQI (1/2)

A robust #airquality monitoring system is key to air quality management. Read our blog 'Air Quality Monitoring in Smart Cities Mission’ to learn what strategies cities can employ to assess contributing sources + pollution levels - bit.ly/3i4dqN0

Home to 22 of the world's 30 most polluted cities, India's population breathes air that is at least 10 times more polluted than WHO's previous PM 2.5 standards.

Read how careful monitoring can be the 1st step towards addressing the #AirPollution issue: wri-india.org/blog/what-can-…

‘Ujjwala Effect’: Study estimates over 1.5 lakh lives saved in a year, 13% reduction in air pollution deaths

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Our ongoing study finds, Prime Minister Ujjwala Yojana prevented 1.5 lakh premature deaths and avoided 1.8 million tonnes of PM2.5 emissions in the year 2019 Vandana TYyagi #PMUY #AirPollution
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#ExpressFrontPage | That study had found that about 6.1 lakh deaths in India in 2019 could be attributed to household air pollution. It had considered only those households that did not have access to LPG.

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In this News18 article, Ajay Nagpure Bhavay Sharma Vandana Tyagi and anandi m write about the use of clean fuel in cooking in households and what it means for women.

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Reducing the use of solid fuels for cooking will reduce indoor and ambient air pollution while providing several other co-benefits such as energy security, women and children’s health benefits, empowerment, reduced inequalities, and timesaving.

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