Prakash Doraiswamy
@prakashdorai2
Director of Air Quality, WRI India
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23-08-2015 19:08:27
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WRI India’s Prakash Doraiswamy recently spoke with Business Standard sharing insights on the reasons for #DelhiNCR’s deteriorating air quality. Watch here: youtube.com/watch?v=IkEuEv… (2/2)
Recently, Prateek Sengupta met Shri Gaurav Singh Sogarwal, Municipal Commissioner Gorakhpur Nagar Nigam Gorakhpur) to discuss air quality in the city. The focal point of discussion was developing a sustainable waste management strategy to prevent open waste burning (1/2)
Recently, Bhavay Sharma, prayash_giria & komaldaal met with Shri Surendra Prasad Yadav, Additional Municipal Commissioner, Agra Nagar Nigam to discuss air quality in the city and how to further improve it. 1/2 #ACAAS
.Prakash Doraiswamy (Director, Air Quality, WRI India) shares some tips on how people can protect themselves. This is a privilege only some sections of society can exercise. It is critical for cities to make a coordinated effort to control #airpollution to bridge this inequity.
We recently attended a #HeatMitigation strategy workshop by State Planning Commission - Tamil Nadu in Chennai. The workshop sought to strengthen dialogues on heat as a #ClimateRisk & recommendations on how it can be addressed. We thank the State commission for this important, collective undertaking.
Check out the new State of Global Air video on how air pollution affects children’s health ➡️ tinyurl.com/airpollutionan… The video is in English with subtitles in Hindi, Spanish, French & Swahili. #CleanAirForAll
We are happy to provide technical assistance to Nagar Nigam Gorakhpur under our Accelerator for Clean Air Actions (#ACAAS) program and committed to support Nagar Nigam’s efforts to achieve clean air targets set under National Clean Air Program (#NCAP). #CleanAirForAll
Join Clean Air Catalyst partners EDF Global Clean Air, Climate & Clean Air Coalition & Vital Strategies on May 16 to discuss how cities can achieve better #airquality by translating data to action.
NEW: The Lancet Planetary Health study links short-term air pollution exposure to deaths in India across multiple cities for the first time, revealing: - Even air pollution levels below Indian standards increase daily mortality rates. - Across 10 Indian cities, approx. 33,000 deaths/year