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
A thought-provoking imagery on a first of its kind report by Chintan.
With guidance from the doctors of All India Institute of Medical Sciences, Chintan conducted a survey and lung function tests with 300 wastepickers, Safai karamcharis and security guards -all outdoor workers. The results are worrying and an urgent call for action.
About the organiser
At Chintan, we look at waste in a whole new way - As a resource that supports livelihoods and fights poverty and as a tool that empowers women and children. Established in 1999, we are internationally awarded non-profit that enables proactive participation of informal recycling sector in waste management at Delhi NCR. Chintan’s programs for waste pickers employ over 1000 wastepickers collecting waste from over 24,000 households in the NCR. We deliver professional level waste and e-waste management across residential areas and with over 12 bulk waste generators.
Chintan also runs education programs to phase out child labour from wastepicking, and mainstream children, particularly girls, into schools and help them stay in school. The program has benefited over 5,000 children across Delhi to formal schools. We also undertake cutting-edge research and actively participate in policy advocacy and monitoring. Our efforts have resulted in the passing of 5 new policies and rules that are inclusive of the informal waste handling and recycling sector. Chintan endeavours to secure the right to a life with dignity for informal recyclers and to access environmentally and socially responsible waste recycling. We look forward to partnering with more organizations to bring sustainable waste management practices to the forefront.
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