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Arunesh Karkun

@aruneshkarkun.bsky.social
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Environmental policy researcher working on air quality, climate and clean transportation issues in India. @sustainablefutures.org

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Sustainable Futures Collaborative @sustainablefutures.org · 23/05/2025
1/2 @aruneshkarkun.bsky.social conducted a session introducing air pollution and the core concepts of air quality management for a group of exceptionally talented 8th graders at 'Episteme 2025', organised by the Pravaha Foundation and held at IIIT-Hyderabad.
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Arunesh Karkun @aruneshkarkun.bsky.social · 20/02/2025
Wrote this with @nazneenb.bsky.social because I hate commuting in Delhi. Even after 30 years of action, things are pretty bad. Here's why:
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Arunesh Karkun @aruneshkarkun.bsky.social · 19/02/2025
This is a must read for anyone who is trying to understand what it will truly take to transition India away from coal.
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Arunesh Karkun @aruneshkarkun.bsky.social · 19/01/2025
Stellar follow up to last week's amazing piece on Delhi's air pollution mess www.theplankmag.com/cutting-room...
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Why Delhi's Pollution Sources Don't Add Up
Delhi's pollution numbers vary wildly across studies - from 20% to 40% for the same source. We explore why these numbers don't match, and how scientific uncertainty becomes a political tool in India's...
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Arunesh Karkun @aruneshkarkun.bsky.social · 13/01/2025
Amazing piece on the state of India's fight against air pollution www.theplankmag.com/toxic-air-tr...
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India Built a Perfect System to Ignore Its Deadly Air. (It's working.)
The National Clean Air Programme was meant to solve India's air crisis. Instead, it created a measurement system that shows progress on paper while citizens can't breathe.
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Sustainable Futures Collaborative @sustainablefutures.org · 13/01/2025
1/2 In EPW, Shibani Ghosh draws on an in-depth review of India’s pollution control boards to examine why these front-line regulators have struggled to curb air & water pollution. Recent amendments to the Water and Air Acts are designed to facilitate ease of doing business. However... bit.ly/4fWvnFR
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Pollution Regulation in India
Recent reports on capacity constraints faced by the state pollution control boards have revealed serious systemic issues—problematic board structure and composition, lack of competence in the boards’ ...
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Sustainable Futures Collaborative @sustainablefutures.org · 06/01/2025
SFC is now on Instagram! instagram.com/sustainablef... Follow us for insights into the work of our young & emerging team of researchers on #climatepolicy, #airpollution, #adaptation and resilience, and #energy transitions.
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Sustainable Futures Collaborative @sustainablefutures.org · 07/01/2025
@ndubash.bsky.social, writing on climate change in India Today’s 'India @ 2025' special issue, argues for keeping the pressure on developed countries for emissions reductions and finance but also suggests three key domestic priorities for India -- see thread below t.co/AB5StZbUOg
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Arunesh Karkun @aruneshkarkun.bsky.social · 23/12/2024
Nice piece on the sorry state of Indian cities. carboncopy.info/not-just-sur...
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Not just surviving: Finding breathing room for India’s cities to thrive
In face of the changing climate, the plight of Indian cities—marked by seasonal high pollution, extreme heat, urban flooding, and water scarcity—is worsened by poor urban planning. Experts say solutio...
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Sustainable Futures Collaborative @sustainablefutures.org · 11/12/2024
The #NCQG has been criticised for not meeting climate finance needs & shifting responsibility from developed nations. In our blog, @aman-srivastava.bsky.social & Nikita Shukla examine the outcome, developed countries' defence, and ways future COPs can enhance finance delivery. bit.ly/3BqLOvN
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Unpacking COP29’s NCQG: What Happened, Why, and What Now?
The NCQG outcome at COP29 has been criticised for not meeting climate finance needs and shifting responsibility from developed nations. This blog explores where it missed the mark, whether developed c...
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Brent Toderian @brenttoderian.bsky.social · 20/11/2024
If you’re REALLY trying to “solve” traffic congestion, then road widenings and more car lanes are expensive exercises in futility — unless of course your REAL goal is even more people driving more often and longer in the same or worse congestion, fuelled by a lot more suburban sprawl. #induceddemand
Cartoon of additional car lane just leading to the same congestion with more cars stuck in it.
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Arunesh Karkun @aruneshkarkun.bsky.social · 19/11/2024
scroll.in/article/1059... No blue skies for Delhi's kids.
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Why closing schools does not protect children from air pollution
It absolves educational institutions and government agencies of their responsibility towards ensuring clean air while hampering learning outcomes.
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