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Legal Levers For Cleaner Air In Kolkata: An Assessment Of Local Legal Authority, Ama Francis
Legal Levers For Cleaner Air In Kolkata: An Assessment Of Local Legal Authority, Ama Francis
Sabin Center for Climate Change Law
Air pollution in India results in significant adverse health and environmental outcomes. Only 16% of the population lives in an area that meets India’s national air quality standards, and less than 1% lives in an area that meets international guidelines for air quality. In 2015, air pollution resulted in 1.1 million deaths nation-wide. If the World Health Organization’s air quality standard was met, Indian life expectancy would increase by 5.2 years. The state of West Bengal, wherein Kolkata is located, faces some of the highest exposures to air pollution in the country, making local interventions there critical.
In recent years, …