Blogs
The blogs are part of WRI India’s mission to provide unbiased, expert analysis on the most important environmental issues facing the world today.
In today’s rapid-fire, fragmented information culture, we hope these insights will provide a measure of clarity to decision-makers worldwide.
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Tamil Nadu’s clean energy story during the COVID-19 pandemic
by -On 25-March-2020, India went into a lockdown of historically unprecedented proportions. The energy sector felt the sting of the lockdown with a year-on-year total power consumption decline of 23.2% in April throughout India.
On 5-April-2020 India held a 9-minute blackout at 9 PM alongside a candle-light vigil to express a collective will to fight the pandemic. This event was a testament to how power...
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Unboxing the Barriers to Scaling up Electric Bus Adoption in India
by e -Electric buses (e-buses) are steadily coming into focus as an answer to clean public transport. Currently, about 18 lakh buses are plying on Indian roads of which 92% are privately owned and just 8% publicly owned. At the existing ridership India requires about 460,000 buses by 2031 and COVID-19 social distancing norms will further bump up the...
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What Clean Fuel Use in Every Household Means For Women Empowerment
by , , e -This blog originally appeared on News18.com.
In 2019, about three lakh women died prematurely from diseases attributable to household air pollution from the use of polluting cooking fuels in India. Though women and children are more exposed to household air pollution, it is not limited to them. An average Indian citizen spends 80% time...
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How can public bike-sharing initiatives thrive in Indian cities?
by e -Cycling, a sustainable, healthy, and low-cost mode of travel, has seen a resurgence in popularity during the pandemic as cars and buses stayed off the roads. During the lockdown in the UK, cycle-to-work schemes saw a 200% rise in bicycle orders from emergency workers. In India, according to the All India Cycle Manufacturers Association, the cycling industry is expected to ...
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Clean Air Action Plans for cities and their corresponding challenges
by -This blog was originally published on NIUA.org.
Ambient air pollution became one of the major health threats for the Indian population during recent decades. It would go on to kill about one million people in the country in 2019. A vast majority of the population is continuously exposed to bad air, which does not...
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A nature-based solution for healthy, resilient cities
by e -This blog originally appeared on Business India.
Till early March, most global reports indicated that the number of cities in India with a population of more than 1 million, will grow from 42 to 68 by 2030. This equation may have altered considerably by June, due to the...
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Tackling Transport Emissions
by -This blog was originally published on NIUA.org.
Transport sector is a significant contributor and hence tackling emissions from this sector will go a long way in reducing the overall air-quality problems of the city and the region.
Let’s look at Delhi, a range of emission inventory and source apportionment studies have been carried out for the NCT Delhi in the past few years (CPCB 2010; IIT Kanpur 2016; TERI 2018; Guttikunda 2018). These studies suggested that on-road...
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Digital Ticketing as a Way Forward for Safer, Cashless Public Transport
by -This blog was originally published on NIUA.org.
In the present time, with technological advancements gaining popularity numerous services have migrated to online platforms, resulting in reduction of the infrastructural requirements to a large extend. A similar shift in bus ticketing systems is imminent. The COVID-19 pandemic has also brought to light the need for contactless ticketing and presented a vital opportunity to create a seamless ticketing...
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Household Air Pollution from Solid Fuels and its Invisible Solution
by -This blog was originally published on NIUA.org.
When we think of air pollution, the smoggy outdoor haze of metropolitan cities comes to mind. With India being home to 21 out of 30 of the world’s most polluted cities, the visualization as an outdoor phenomenon is not completely...