Activities related to human health

Publication Date: 15 May 2012

Author(s): Rajendra K Pachauri

Abstract:

TERI has been working on a number of issues which have a very close nexus with human health. Colleagues might remember that in the GREEN India 2047 study we had actually come up with an estimate of 2.5 million people dying annually in India as a result of indoor air pollution. The basis for this was a comprehensive study that we carried out measuring the exposure of residents in single room dwellings to pollutants largely from combustion indoors. Since we did not have in-house expertise in epidemiology, we worked with epidemiologists outside to relate these exposure levels to estimated morbidity and mortality. We have been working on climate change since 1988, and one of the major impacts of climate change is on human health.

Publisher/Organisation: TERI

Source: TERI Intranet