Delhi Has A New Plan To Fight Its Toxic Air, But Will It Deliver? - Health Policy Watch Delhi's new action plan 2026 promises to double the bus fleet, deploy more smog guns, and impose pollution-linked curbs on fuel sales. But experts warn of

🌪️More smog guns. More sweeping. More promises. Delhi’s new pollution plan is ambitious on paper, but researchers and campaigners warn cosmetic fixes won’t solve a structural air quality crisis.

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Who Doesn't Want This For Their Kid's School? Small groups of scientists and civil society are clearing the path for cleaner air in India. Governments need to collaborate a lot more with such groups and individuals.

Who Doesn't Want This For Their Kid's School?

Also, how Ahmedabad-based scientists are creating solutions for cleaner air in India

#AirCommons2026 #airpollution

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Israel kills 3 journalists in Lebanon, including reporter for Hezbollah-run broadcaster | CNN A Lebanese reporter working for a Hezbollah-owned network was among three journalists killed in an Israeli strike in Lebanon.

A Lebanese reporter working for a Hezbollah-owned television network was among three journalists killed in an Israeli strike in Lebanon. https://cnn.it/3Py0H6h

The Weather Is Getting Wilder, and Some See a Dire Signal in the Data

ClimateChangePost: It looks like 2027 will be an extremely warm year www.climatechangepost.com/news/it-look...

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Governments Are Failing To Act On Deadly Combination Of Super Pollutants And Heat  - Health Policy Watch BANGKOK – The combination of heat and "super pollutants" is emerging as a critical threat to human health, according to experts at the Better Air Quality

🔥🌍 Extreme heat is being amplified by super pollutants like methane and black carbon.

Governments know the risks—but action still lags.

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As ‘Gulf War 3’ Threatens Progress On Air Pollution, 'Market Forces' May Provide Impetus For Change - Health Policy Watch Glynda Bathan-Baterina, deputy executive director of Clean Air Asia, concedes that air pollution control measures are "often seen as a cost rather than an

🌪️Even amid geopolitical tensions & energy shocks, market forces may accelerate the transition away from coal & toward renewable energy.

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3 Of India’s Top Air Pollution Scientists On New Threats & Solutions - Live from Bangkok #BAQ2026 YouTube video by Earth Chakra

We did this last evening in Bangkok on the sidelines of the Better Air Quality
#BAQ2026
The biggest concern emerging is on a deadly combo … #SuperPollutants + Heat
#AirPollution
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As ‘Gulf War 3’ Threatens Progress On Air Pollution, 'Market Forces' May Provide Impetus For Change - Health Policy Watch Glynda Bathan-Baterina, deputy executive director of Clean Air Asia, concedes that air pollution control measures are "often seen as a cost rather than an

The first large climate and air quality conference since Gulf War 3 is happening in Bangkok #BetterAirQuality2026

Organisers fear GW3 may slow climate & clean action progress.
But they are banking on market forces. My story 👇🏾
@cleanairasia.bsky.social

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Can Delhi's Air Pollution Be Fixed? - Lessons from Beijing, with Dr Sarath Guttikunda YouTube video by Earth Chakra

Can Delhi do a Beijing and slash its terrible #airpollution?
Yes, says Dr Sarath Guttikunda and demonstrates how, in this #EarthChakra podcast

He’ll be at #BAQ2026

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Drone Busts Delhi's Spring Clean Air Myth - Health Policy Watch NEW DELHI – For years, residents of the Indian capital have looked to the skies in March with a sense of relief, believing that the notorious winter pollution

It's March. North India's peak air pollution months are over.

But if you're in Delhi, don't bet on clean skies. An IIT-Delhi team (with others) sent up a drone and found a dark surprise.

My report in @healthpolicywatch.bsky.social

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After Court Rebuke, Government Releases Unified Report Identifying Sources Of Delhi Pollution - Health Policy Watch DELHI - India's Commission for Air Quality Management (CAQM) has identified the main sources of Delhi's severe air pollution and admitted that there are

A new court-mandated report finally unifies the evidence—and openly admits gaps in #India ’s pollution control strategy. Confirming transport, dust, and secondary particulates as major drivers of toxic air. 🚨🌫️

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As Heat Danger Rises, Adaptation Means Rethinking Glass High-Rise Buildings - Health Policy Watch Extreme heat will rise rapidly as the 1.5°C threshold is crossed, potentially causing half the world’s population to live in extreme heat by 2050,

🔥🌍 Nearly 4 billion people could face extreme heat by 2050!

The biggest adaptation shifts happen before 2030 as 1.5°C is crossed.

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Air Pollution-Related Dementia Kills Over 625,000 People A Year - Health Policy Watch From killing over 600,000 elderly from dementia to an almost equal number of infants under the age of one-year, air pollution’s impact on young and old is

🧠💨 Dementia deaths linked to air pollution hit 626,000 in 2023 — that’s more than one life lost every minute!

In the latest report by @heiresearch.bsky.social: polluted air is now a brain health crisis.

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Ban Fossil Fuel Advertisements Recommends Study On ‘Cradle To Grave’ Climate & Health Impacts - Health Policy Watch A sweeping new report by a consortium of climate and health experts offers a global indictment of how fossil fuels harm populations - from extraction to

📣Fossil fuel harms start before birth & never stop.

A sweeping new report from @gchalliance.bsky.social
calls for bold, immediate action to protect human health from “cradle to grave” harms of fossil fuels.

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@iea.org @shwetanarayan30.bsky.social @nature.com

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Ban Fossil Fuel Advertisements Recommends Study On ‘Cradle To Grave’ Climate & Health Impacts - Health Policy Watch A sweeping new report by a consortium of climate and health experts offers a global indictment of how fossil fuels harm populations - from extraction to

📣Fossil fuel harms start before birth & never stop.

A sweeping new report from @gchalliance.bsky.social calls for bold, immediate action to protect human health from “cradle to grave” harms of fossil fuels.

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@iea.org @shwetanarayan30.bsky.social @nature.com

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Is @bsky.app a flop? Don’t see much traction or buzz either on the app or about it outside.

X meanwhile is still going strong, for better or worse

This Changes Everything - From Our DNA to IQ to Early Death Solutions work, but only if those in charge speeded up action. Plus, one hack to protect yourself. Two new global reports raise alarm about India's growing challenges.

It’s #BlueSkiesDay today, and much of India is in the clean-ish, green zone as I write this. It won't last beyond a few weeks, given the trends of the last decade and more.

Two recent global studies spell out concerns for the country.

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India Reverses Key Policy, Exempting Most Coal-fired Power Plants From Emission Rules - Health Policy Watch NEW DELHI – On 11 July, the Indian government changed its own rules, exempting most coal-fired power plants from installing technology to reduce sulphur

India Reverses Key Policy, Exempting Most Coal-fired Power Plants from Emission Rules

India is the largest SO2 emitter, mostly from such plants.

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Indian Study Calls For Air Quality Index To Be Linked To Health Risk - Health Policy Watch Delhi and other Indian cities should replace the one-size-fits-all air quality index (AQI) with a city-specific health index focused on premature death risks,

Indian Study Calls for Air Quality Index to Be Linked to Health Risk

With the risk of death added, the AQHI may be taken more seriously by the public & government.

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Making data harder to get in digital India 👇🏾

Day after Rahul Gandhi’s ‘expose’, access to voter rolls hits a snag - www.thehindu.com/news/nationa... For the best experience read this on The Hindu App. bit.ly/THNewsApp
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The dark horse of AI labs How Anthropic’s missionary zeal is fuelling its commercial success

The dark horse of AI labs
economist.com/business/202...
from The Economist #Anthropic

In which polluted and warming world does this make sense?

Besides, the ROI benefit is almost 4x - for every 1 rupee invested in cutting this emission, the estimated benefit is 3.79.
#FGD #coalfiredpowerplants #India #AirPollution

More than 14 million children worldwide have never received a single dose of any vaccine, new report warns | CNN An estimated 14.3 million children globally remain unvaccinated and vulnerable to vaccine-preventable illnesses – meaning that those children have received no vaccines at all, according to a new repor...

An estimated 14.3 million children globally remain completely unvaccinated, according to a new report, and public health experts point to conflict zones as threatening childhood vaccination efforts worldwide.

Opinion | Europe’s Leaders Are Doing Something Disastrous

#climatechangepost: Twenty years after the deadly #heat of 2003, Europe’s heat response is still ineffective www.climatechangepost.com/news/twenty-...

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From Bans to odd-even schemes: What will it take to fix Delhi’s pollution problem? | Climate Economy YouTube video by The Hindu

Why Delhi’s controversial old vehicle ban is need for India’s battle against its terrible #airpollution -
I discuss with @thehindu.com ‘s @kunalshankar.bsky.social
youtu.be/O_njWIaMliA

#DelhiVehicleBan
#DelhiFuelBan

Delhi Government Blinks After Protests Against Crackdown On Polluting Vehicles  - Health Policy Watch NEW DELHI – When drivers entered fuel stations on 1 July, they found bright new warning signs and traffic police positioned at the fuel pumps. Old vehicles

Delhi Government Blinks After Protests Against Crackdown on Polluting Vehicles

Gasoline vehicles older than 10 years, diesel vehicles older than 15 years, could face action.

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