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- 1. Emerging Opportunities to Capitalize on Co-benefits of Urban Pollution and Global Climate Policy Dr. Sarath Guttikunda Founder @ UrbanEmissions.Info New Delhi, India National Research Conference on Climate Change, IIT Delhi, New Delhi, India, March 5th, 2010 @ www.urbanemissions.info
- 2. What makes India more susceptible to Climate Change? • Densely populated – Substantial poverty • Large coastal populations – Mostly urban • Diverse climatic zones • Diverse economy with critical climate dependant sectors – agriculture • Low-lying areas susceptible to extreme events @ www.urbanemissions.info
- 3. Host of Urban Problems Tropospheric ozone, aerosols, greenhouse gases acid rain Toxics, chemical pollutants soil erosion groundwater contamination industrial wastes urban air pollution surface water pollution agricultural runoff agricultural pesticides A. Acharya indoor air pollution vector-borne disease
- 4. PM10 Pollution in India 40 In 2008 3 μg/m 35 • 40% of the cities 30 150 exceeded the PM 125 health standards for L a titu d e 25 100 outdoor air pollution 75 20 50 • An estimated 15 25 ~300,000 premature 10 10 deaths a year and a large number of 5 60 65 70 75 80 85 90 95 morbidity cases Longitude @ www.urbanemissions.info
- 5. Local perspective ? @ www.urbanemissions.info
- 6. Mail India March 1st, 2009 @ www.urbanemissions.info
- 7. Cities: A Problem & Solution Energy Demand Industries Waste Transport Domestic 3 D’s Renewables Efficiency Management Buses/NMT Cleaner Fuels @ www.urbanemissions.info
- 8. goal is to reduce air pollution below .. and maximize standards benefits cost effectively & fast air pollution .. an informed .. yet, co-benefits analysis and is not part of the dialogue will help equation? time now 5 yrs 10 yrs 20 yrs
- 9. It is all in the Definition An integrated approach for “co-benefits” could be in the common and world-wide accepted definition of “air pollution”, which refers to • all kind of pollutants (primary and secondary) • all kind of sources (anthropogenic and natural) • all kind of consequences (short- and long-term, short- and long-distance, direct and indirect, public health and ecosystem). Science & Policy Workshop on AP & CC, Sweden, October, 2009 @ www.urbanemissions.info
- 13. Thank you Dr. Sarath Guttikunda @ www.urbanemissions.info New Delhi, India March 2010 @ www.urbanemissions.info