India Clean Air Connect aims to help unlock barriers to air quality action in India at scale
Our goal is to support greater coordination, & collaboration across people working on air quality from diverse expertise and geographies
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India Clean Air Connect is a response to air quality convenings hosted by the India Climate Collaborative, Clean Air Fund, ClimateWorks Foundation and Shakti Sustainable Energy Foundation in 2019 and 2020.
India's air pollution is not limited to one city or one source
Solving for India's air pollution crisis means:
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Aligning efforts across different disciplines to address multiple sources of pollution
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Improving air quality in all 124 non-attainment cities, 73 polluted industrial clusters and more
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Amplifying and strengthening existing efforts and networks
124 Non-attainment cities
73 Critically polluted industrial clusters
If your work seeks to improve India’s air quality through communication, advocacy, research, policy change, planning, litigation, community engagement or market-based solutions, join #IndiaCleanAirConnect
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About the Event
Building construction is one of the leading sources of particulate matter emissions in Surat. As per the source apportionment study for the city, construction, along with road dust, contributes 25-38% and 33-59% of the total PM2.5 and PM10, respectively.
Considering the growth of the construction sector and its subsequent impact on ambient air quality in Surat, WRI India, in collaboration with Gujarat Pollution Control Board (GPCB) and Surat Municipal Corporation (SMC) developed the ‘Handbook of Clean Construction Practices’ in November 2020, followed by the ‘Surat Clean Air Action Plan’ (SCAP) in December 2021. In continuation with these efforts, Surat is now launching the city’s first ‘On-site Clean Construction Manual’ based on this handbook.
Targeting construction sector stakeholders, the manual is being launched by WRI India in partnership with SMC, GPCB and the Surat chapter of the Confederation of Real Estate Developers Association of India’ (CREDAI). The manual, developed in Hindi and English, lays out dust and air pollution mitigation measures in a visual form for clear understanding of the engineers, supervisors, and workers at construction sites.
Along with the On-site Clean Construction Manual release, WRI India in partnership with the Surat Chapter of CREDAI, ICEA, SMC and GPCB will also conduct a ‘Capacity Building Programme on Dust Management from Construction Sites’ for Surat’s supersite engineers, contractors and workers.
Moderator: Shri Vijay Anadkat (Program Senior Fellow - Sustainable Cities & Transport)
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WRI India is a research organization that turns big ideas into action at the nexus of environment, economic opportunity and human well-being.
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