Needed: An Integrated Framework
Feb 07, 2022
3 minutes
BY ATUL BAGAI, HEAD, UNITED NATIONS ENVIRONMENT PROGRAMME COUNTRY OFFICE, INDIA
ILLUSTRATION BY
RAJ VERMA
on the cusp of an environmental crisis—the triple planetary crisis of climate change, nature and biodiversity loss, and pollution and waste. Air pollution and climate change are two environmental challenges that we cannot ignore. More than 90 per cent of the global population is breathing polluted air. In developing countries, the problem is more serious. Due to dependency on traditional fuels, inefficient technologies and limitations on access to clean energy and capacities for enforcement of standards, air pollution levels in developing countries are
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