Air pollution in India Achievements and challenges Earth Science and Climate Change Decentralized Electricity Solutions Environment Education & Youth Services Energy Environment Technology Development Environment & Industrial Bio-Technology 22nd Oct 2013 Sumit Sharma, Fellow, TERI Sustainable Habitats Water Resources Bio-Technology & Bio-Resources Resources Regulation & Global Security Modeling & Economic Analysis Centre for Environmental studies Industrial Energy Efficiency Sustainable Development Outreach Social Transformation Air pollution disasters- shifting bases London Smog of 1952 Donora, Pennsylvania, US, 1948 Earth Science and Climate Change Decentralized Electricity Solutions Environment Education & Youth Services Energy Environment Technology Development Environment & Industrial Bio-Technology Sustainable Habitats Water Resources Bio-Technology & Bio-Resources Resources Regulation & Global Security Modeling & Economic Analysis Centre for Environmental studies Industrial 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Services Energy Environment Technology Development Environment & Industrial Bio-Technology Sustainable Habitats Water Resources Bio-Technology & Bio-Resources Resources Regulation & Global Security Modeling & Economic Analysis Centre for Environmental studies Industrial Energy Efficiency Sustainable Development Outreach Social Transformation Growth in Number of Motor Vehicles Over 1/3rd of the total vehicles in 53 million +cities Second tier cities show greater increase in vehicle population Earth Science and Climate Change Decentralized Electricity Solutions Environment Education & Youth Services Energy Environment Technology Development Environment & Industrial Others: Bio-Technology tractors, MoRTH, Sustainable Habitats Water Resources Bio-Technology & Bio-Resources Industrial Energy Efficiency Resources Regulation & Global Security Sustainable Development Outreach Modeling & Economic Analysis Social Transformation trailors, three wheelers (passenger vehicles), etc Centre for Environmental studies 12 Expect more growth • About 28000 two wheelers, and 4200 cars added to India’s vehicular fleet daily (2011) As per Census 2011, 21% households have two wheelers whereas 4.7 % have cars/jeeps/vans Data WDI, 2011 • More growth expected Earth Science and Climate Change Decentralized Electricity Solutions Environment Education & Youth Services Energy Environment Technology Development Environment & Industrial Bio-Technology Sustainable Habitats Water Resources Bio-Technology & Bio-Resources Resources Regulation & Global Security Modeling & Economic Analysis Centre for Environmental studies Industrial Energy Efficiency Sustainable Development Outreach Social Transformation 700 631 600 500 439 400 387 385 359 314 383 304 279 263 300 161 182 200 231 256 177 88 100 l e yd lhi er ab ad Ka np u Ko r lka Lu ta ck n Lu ow dh ia n M a um ba i N ag pu r Pa tn a Pu ne Su Va rat do da Va ra ra na si H D op a Bh lo r ng a Ba ed a Ah m e 0 ba d Pvt. vehicles per 1000 people Lack of public transport infrastructure Metros just started in few cities Buses are just 1% of the total vehicular fleet Inconvenience in public transport leading to more private vehicle ownership in most of the cities Low vehicles/Population in Mumbai, Kolkata having better public infrastructure Earth Science and Climate Change Decentralized Electricity Solutions Environment Education & Youth Services Energy Environment Technology Development Environment & Industrial Bio-Technology Sustainable Habitats Water Resources Bio-Technology & Bio-Resources Resources Regulation & Global Security Modeling & Economic Analysis Centre for Environmental studies Industrial Energy Efficiency Sustainable Development Outreach Social Transformation Auto Fuel Policy 2002 Bharat Stage II Bharat Stage III Bharat Stage IV 2&3 wheelers Entire country April 2005 Entire country April 2010 To be decided All other new vehicles Entire country April 2005 11 citiesApril 2003 Category Earth Science and Climate Change Decentralized Electricity Solutions Environment Education & Youth Services Energy Environment Technology Development Environment & Industrial Bio-Technology Entire country 20 cities by April 2010 April 2010 13 citiesApril 2005 Sustainable Habitats Water Resources Bio-Technology & Bio-Resources Resources Regulation & Global Security Modeling & Economic Analysis No date for rest of the country Centre for Environmental studies Industrial Energy Efficiency Sustainable Development Outreach Social Transformation 15 ? Regional differentiation One set of standards for air quality Different vehicle emission and fuel quality standards for 13 cities and rest of the country Many other cities in the country are much more polluted than the ones where better quality fuel is presently provided. Better quality vehicles moving out of 20 cities, may fill the inferior quality fuel and may end up choking their engines No road map after 2010 Earth Science and Climate Change Decentralized Electricity Solutions Environment Education & Youth Services Energy Environment Technology Development Environment & Industrial Bio-Technology Sustainable Habitats Water Resources Bio-Technology & Bio-Resources Resources Regulation & Global Security Modeling & Economic Analysis Centre for Environmental studies Industrial Energy Efficiency Sustainable Development Outreach Social Transformation Learnings from AFP2002 The rate of increase in pollution levels in Bharat III cities moved along a significantly lower trajectory than a BAU scenario would have indicated During this time, the increase in pollution levels in non-Bharat III cities was steep No progress has been made on performance improvement of in-use vehicles Earth Science and Climate Change Decentralized Electricity Solutions Environment Education & Youth Services Energy Environment Technology Development Environment & Industrial Bio-Technology Sustainable Habitats Water Resources Bio-Technology & Bio-Resources Resources Regulation & Global Security Modeling & Economic Analysis Centre for Environmental studies Industrial Energy Efficiency Sustainable Development Outreach Social Transformation Impact on air quality (PM10) *13 cities : Selected in AFP, 2002 for advanced implementation of BS norms ** Other cities which show higher increase in RSPM in the last 8 years. 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Highest contributor to NOx emissions in India Gaseous pollutants (NOx, SO2, VOCs) lead to secondary PM formation NOx and VOCs can lead to formation of ground level Ozone (impacts health + agriculture) BC (a constituent of PM) has a significant warming potential. 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Puram (Delhi) (9-14th Feb 2013) Earth Science and Climate Change Decentralized Electricity Solutions Environment Education & Youth Services Energy Environment Technology Development Environment & Industrial Bio-Technology Sustainable Habitats Water Resources Bio-Technology & Bio-Resources Resources Regulation & Global Security Modeling & Economic Analysis Centre for Environmental studies Industrial Energy Efficiency Sustainable Development Outreach Social Transformation PM2.5 is 5th Leading Mortality Risk Factor Earth Science and Climate Change Decentralized Electricity Solutions Environment Education & Youth Services Energy Environment Technology Development Environment & Industrial Bio-Technology Ambient PM2.5 caused an estimated 627,000 deaths ̴ 6% of all deaths in 2010 GBD-Lancet, 2012 Sustainable Habitats Water Resources Bio-Technology & Bio-Resources Resources Regulation & Global Security Modeling & Economic Analysis Centre for Environmental studies Industrial Energy Efficiency Sustainable Development Outreach Social Transformation Effects on Ozone on crop productivity Earth Science and Climate Change Decentralized Electricity Solutions Environment Education & Youth Services Energy Environment Technology Development Environment & Industrial Bio-Technology Sustainable Habitats Water Resources Bio-Technology & Bio-Resources Resources Regulation & Global Security Modeling & Economic Analysis Centre for Environmental studies Industrial Energy Efficiency Sustainable Development Outreach Social Transformation Source apportionment studies Earth Science and Climate Change Decentralized Electricity Solutions Environment Education & Youth Services Energy Environment Technology Development Environment & Industrial Bio-Technology PM2.5 (Average) 100% 0 13 2 80% 50 60% 70 6 4 40% 50 20% 16 4 0 3 5 10 0% Bangalore 29 Delhi Pune Transport Paved road & soil dust Industries Domestic DG sets Secondary Others Sustainable Habitats Water Resources Bio-Technology & Bio-Resources Resources Regulation & Global Security Modeling & Economic Analysis Centre for Environmental studies Industrial Energy Efficiency Sustainable Development Outreach Social Transformation Transport emissions and climate change •Particles emitted from diesel vehicles contain black carbon Black carbon •Gases (NOx, VOCs) emitted from different sources form Ozone •Black carbon is now known to have second highest radiative forcing after CO2 Ozone •Other than health and agricultural effects it is contributing to warming of the planet •Reducing emissions may result into co-benefits Earth Science and Climate Change Decentralized Electricity Solutions Environment Education & Youth Services Energy Environment Technology Development Environment & Industrial Bio-Technology Sustainable Habitats Water Resources Bio-Technology & Bio-Resources Resources Regulation & Global Security Modeling & Economic Analysis Centre for Environmental studies Industrial Energy Efficiency Sustainable Development40 Outreach Social Transformation Radiative Forcing of Climate (1750 to present): Important Contributions from Air Pollutants Earth Science and Climate Change Decentralized Electricity Solutions Environment Education & Youth Services Energy Environment Technology Development Environment & Industrial Bio-Technology Sustainable Habitats Water Resources Bio-Technology & Bio-Resources Resources Regulation & Global Security Modeling & Economic Analysis Centre for Environmental studies Industrial Energy Efficiency Sustainable Development Outreach Social Transformation What IPCC- AR5 says •43% higher RF mainly due to growth in GHGs and improved estimates of RF by aerosols indicating a weaker net cooling effect. •Climate models now include more cloud and aerosol processes, and their interactions •Observational and modelling evidences suggest locally higher surface temperatures in polluted regions will increase peak levels of ozone. •Short term climate forcers, such as black carbon can be comparable to CO2’s for short time horizons , but in the long term the effect of CO2 dominates . 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