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The Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC – an International Technical body on climate change) has sounded several warnings, the latest in its AR6 Synthesis Report: Climate Change 2022, where it has warned of “Severe climate events” with a very high probability. “Poor” Air Quality days in NCR was 300 days in 2016 where the AQI is greater than 200, compared to an acceptable level of 50. The International Labour Organisation has estimated that the mandays lost due to Pollution is maximum in India amongst all major economies. It is no surprise that the probability of lung cancer in NCR is same for a smoker as for a non-smoker due to Particulate Pollution. The most distressing however is the impact of hydrocarbon Pollution on brain development of children as articulated lucidly in the research paper by UNICEF “Danger in the Air”.

Transformation Solutions

What is required therefore are Technology solutions that would eliminate Pollution on both dimensions sector by sector, rather than incremental solutions that not only rescind back to the status quo but also gives the perception of improvement while the reality points to the opposite direction. As the IPCC states the need of the hour is “Transformational solutions”.

While the data on what causes Particulate Pollution and Carbon Emission is varied the most realistic estimates point to Vehicles contributing over 60% of the Particulate Pollution and over 20% of the 260 billion tonnes of Carbon Emissions in India. Over 30% of the Vehicular Particulate Pollution is caused by Heavy Trucks and are possibly the single largest source of Particulate Pollution in Urban conglomerates such as NCR. More critically the impact of Vehicular Pollution as a cause for Lung cancer, stunting brain development in kids and Ease of Living in general is debilitating as anyone who has lived in NCR for example experiences.