GNY LIVE Emission Markets and Congestion Tax: In Conversation with Dr Anant Sudarshan on experimental economics for mitigating air pollution

As air pollution continues to be a concerning issue across India, there is an urgent need to engage with various stakeholders contributing to the debilitating health hazard caused by air pollution while maintaining sustainable economic development. In this episode of GnY Live, Dr Anant Sudarshan, Associate Professor at the Department of Economics, University of Warwick, addresses this issue and shares his expertise on practical solutions for mitigating air pollution in the industrial sector. Dr. Sudarshan, with over a decade of research experience, stressed on the need to develop emission monitoring technologies that are reliable and transparent. Furthermore, he argues that these data then need to be translated into actionable regulatory norms for the industries as well. Some other issues highlighted in the conversation range from the economics of regulating air pollution to the adoption of long term solutions like EVs as an alternative clean energy substitution.

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