Opinions
Adaptation and Resilience
Environmental Governance and Policy
Unified action needed to tackle extreme heat and air pollution
Annanya Mahajan and Tamanna Dalal
Mongabay | 25 June 2024
The combined impact of air pollution and heatwaves can be far more severe than individual impacts, as various reactions between heat and gases in the air can affect cardiovascular, respiratory and immune systems. Adopting unified protective health measures against both issues is crucial.
Books and book chapters
Adaptation and Resilience
Environmental Governance and Policy
Synergistic Impact of Air Pollution and Heat on Health and Economy in India
Abinaya Sekar, Rajat Sharma and Annanya Mahajan
Springer | 1 May 2024
The chapter, published in the book ‘The Climate-Health-Sustainability Nexus: Understanding the Interconnected Impact on Populations and the Environment’ (Springer), examines the combined influence of heat and air pollution their implications for global health and the economy.
Reports
Environmental Governance and Policy
Sustainable Solutions to Crop Residue Burning and Air Pollution Cycle in India and Pakistan
Bhargav Krishna, Babar Shahbaz and Annanya Mahajan
Council for Strategic and Defense Research | 22 April 2024
The chapter in the report ‘The Air We Share: Towards Reduced Transboundary Air Pollution across India and Pakistan’ looks at crop residue burning in India and Pakistan, presenting several sustainable solutions – shifting focus away from paddy and wheat towards other crops, coordinating across multiple stakeholders, etc.
SFC Perspectives
Adaptation and Resilience
Climate Policy
Energy Transitions
Environmental Governance and Policy
SFC Perspectives on Adaptation and Resilience, Climate Policy, Energy Transitions, and Environmental Governance and Policy
SFC
SFC | 19 March 2024
SFC Perspectives are intended to stimulate discussion by providing an overview of key issues and avenues for action to inform India’s sustainable development trajectory.
SFC Perspectives
Environmental Governance and Policy
Perspectives on Environmental Governance and Policy: Systemic transformations to limit the health burden of air pollution
Bhargav Krishna, Shibani Ghosh, Arunesh Karkun and Annanya Mahajan
SFC | 18 March 2024
We, at SFC, view reducing air pollution not only as a technical challenge, but also as a structural one that requires re-thinking our approach and the institutions that are tasked with addressing it.
Journal articles
Adaptation and Resilience
Environmental Governance and Policy
Impact of heatwaves on all-cause mortality in India: A comprehensive multi-city study
Jeroen de Bont, Amruta Nori-Sarma et al.
Environment International | 22 February 2024
The authors found strong evidence of heatwave impacts on daily mortality. Longer and more intense heatwaves were linked to an increased mortality risk, however, resulted in a lower burden of heatwave-related deaths.
Opinions
Environmental Governance and Policy
Why closing schools does not protect children from air pollution
Arunesh Karkun and Abinaya Sarkar
Scroll | 28 November 2023
It absolves educational institutions and government agencies of their responsibility towards ensuring clean air while hampering learning outcomes.
Books and book chapters
Environmental Governance and Policy
Media, Politics and Environment: Analyzing Experiences from Europe and Asia
Detlef Briesen and Sarada Prasanna Das
Springer, Cham | 14 June 2023
The book studies how environmental protection is embedded in the political systems by comparing industrialized countries and emerging economies. It brings froward how concrete environmental policy emerges from a complex interplay of mass media and political conflicts.
Books and book chapters
Environmental Governance and Policy
State’s Commitment to Environmental Governance in India: Struggle Between Developmental Pressure and Sustainability Challenges
Sarada Prasanna Das
Springer, Cham | 14 June 2023
This chapter examines the concept and practice of environmental governance in India. It argues that balance in the environment-development trade-off is necessary to meet growth objectives and that enforcement measures do not necessarily obstruct the growth.