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Air quality management in Indian cities and challenges

India has come up with critical policies and we have started implementing them on ground to mitigate air pollution. Photo by Adam Cohn/flickr

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Realizing the Repowering Wind Potential in Tamil Nadu: 5 Concerns

Repowering wind farms is a practical solution to address these issues and prevent the decommissioning of aging wind farms. Photo: Milin John / Unsplash

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Alternative mobility – a must have for Indian cities

While developing walking and cycling plans, cities need to adapt to their local conditions and demands. Harshit Donter/pixahive

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Recognising shared mobility as a sustainable form of mobility in urban areas

As more people are now living a city-based life, challenges of urban transportation are only likely to increase. Ashim Tyagi/WRI India

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Strategic approach to resume Delhi’s urban bus service post-COVID lockdown

Cities across India including Delhi, Mumbai, Bengaluru, Hyderabad, Chennai and Kolkata have witnessed a decline in public transport ridership. Revathy Pradeep/WRI India

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Tamil Nadu’s clean energy story during the COVID-19 pandemic

Photo by Peter Franken, Unsplash

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Unboxing the Barriers to Scaling up Electric Bus Adoption in India

Innovative financing mechanisms and a robust legal framework for sharing risks and effective use of resources can help accelerate e-bus adoption. Photo by Shravani Sharma, WRI India

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What Clean Fuel Use in Every Household Means For Women Empowerment

Even if a rural household cooks one or two of its daily meals in electric/induction cookstoves, it helps bring down indoor emissions. Photo by Ashwini Chaudhary/Unsplash.

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How can public bike-sharing initiatives thrive in Indian cities?

Cities are actively planning infrastructure to encourage and foster non-motorized forms of transportation, such as walking or cycling, among commuters. Photo by Wikimedia Commons.

Sustainable Cities

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Clean Air Action Plans for cities and their corresponding challenges

Cities lack a suitable number of continuous and manual monitoring stations to capture representative air quality data. Photo by Satyajeet Mazumdar/Unsplash.

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A nature-based solution for healthy, resilient cities

Planting trees is the easiest means to preserve and restore natural capital at scale. Photo by: Vishnu Prasad/unsplash

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Tackling Transport Emissions

The strategic plan should also include initiatives to experiment, develop proof of concepts to measure the efficacy of the undertaken projects. Photo by Wikimedia Commons

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Digital Ticketing as a Way Forward for Safer, Cashless Public Transport

The city has regained over 45% of its pre-pandemic ridership. Delhi also has the “No Mask-No ride” initiative and timely sanitation of buses to thank for the steady increase in ridership numbers.

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Five Ways to Promote Public Transport in Indian Cities

As per the 2011 Census, 36% Indians either walk or cycle to work while 30% live in close proximity of their workplace and do not need to travel. Photo by pxhere

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Household Air Pollution from Solid Fuels and its Invisible Solution

A higher PM2.5 concentration in a closed environment is ten times more harmful than a similar outdoor concentration because contained areas enable potential pollutants to build up more than open spaces do. Photo by Michael Foley/Flickr

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Electric car adoption in India: Understanding personal and commercial e-car viability

Car travel, due to typically lower occupancy levels, is also associated with higher carbon emissions Photo by: BRPL.

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Wind Energy Technology in Tamil Nadu: What the Future Holds

Our recent webinar also focused on to enhance knowledge, gain valuable insights and disseminate new and innovative ideas amongst the wind energy community with a particular focus on accelerating development in the offshore wind space in Tamil Nadu. Janusz Sobolewski / Flickr

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COVID-19 and Smart Cities: Emergency response and resurgence

During the pandemic, India’s 100 smart cities have set an example of how innovation, technology and existing infrastructure can be harnessed to strengthen, balance and coordinate on-ground action during crisis.

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Busting the cost barrier: Why electric three-wheelers make business sense

TCO (Total Cost of Ownership) blog series

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Powering India’s shift to electric mobility: Big opportunity in two-wheelers segment

The electrification of two-wheelers (2Ws) provides an enormous opportunity to cut down on Carbon Dioxide emissions and improve air quality levels. Photo by Bounce.

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