Directorate of Environment

Wishing everyone a very accomplishing “Van Mahotsava” My family planted three Maulshree saplings in front of my house in 2012 which have grown into trees. Today on the occasion of Van Mahotsava, we bow our heads before them as they blessed us with #heatenvelop to our house, providing #thermal #comfort and #shelter to countless people and vehicles, becoming home to hundreds of #birds roosting inside their dense #canopy and so on……. “आओ हम सब मिलकर पेड़ लगायें पेड़ बचायें”

The Directorate of Environment is delighted to welcome Dr. Vibha Dhawan and her senior colleague from TERI - The Energy and Resources Institute, New Delhi, for a conversation on #climatechange and #airquality in the state of Uttar Pradesh. I am pleased to participate in the discussions on behalf of Government of Uttar Pradesh along with the officials of the Working Group, Uttar Pradesh Clean Air Management Project (UPCAMP). Given the #challenges identified by the DoEF&CC and the sector expertise gained by the TERI, potential areas of mutual #cooperation were discussed throughout the meetings. Discussions centered on important areas of #airqualitymanagement sectors, such as #emobility, technological upgrades for #MSME, evidence-based #decision #support #systems, ambient air quality monitoring, and boosting capacities for #monitoring #pollutionsources. Topics covered also included #wastewater #management and its #reutilisation, local #climateaction, and the development of #strategic understanding about climate change. We are grateful to the TERI - The Energy and Resources Institute, Clean Air Fund and Bloomberg Philanthropies for supporting the development of a groundbreaking, state-wide airshed management initiative. In addition to laying the groundwork for #regionalcollaboration on air quality management in #IGP, this project will prove to be a #strong long-term plan for managing air quality across the state. TERI's strong #problem-oriented research allows it to not only identify problems but also propose #solutions, which is instrumental in #realizing our vision of a #sustainable Uttar Pradesh. The DoEF&CC is #crossing its #fingers for the moment when UPCAMP will see light of the #cleanairforblueskies day 2024.

Embracing Innovation for a Sustainable Future 🌱 Today, we had the privilege of witnessing a remarkable display of youthful ingenuity and #environmental #stewardship at the Directorate of Environment, Lucknow. Ms. Pavani Agrawal, a bright and promising 12th-grade student from the City Montessori School, Gomti Nagar Campus I , Cambridge Section, Lucknow, presented her #innovative #technology - SHEETAL (Solar Hinged Energy Efficiency Terracotta Air cooled Lineup) to Mr Ashish Tiwari, Secretary, Department of Environment, Forest & Climate Change at Government of Uttar Pradesh and team of researchers of UP Climate Change Authority. SHEETAL is a testament to the power of green innovation. This #costeffective and sustainable space cooling solution is designed to provide relief from the intense summer heat, particularly in semi outdoor environments. Its unique terracotta design, coupled with #solarenergy utilization, makes it an environmentally friendly solution that aligns with our commitment to sustainable energy. Key Highlights of SHEETAL: 🌞 Solar-Powered: Utilizes #clean, #renewable #solarenergy. 🌍 Eco-Friendly: Reduces reliance on conventional energy sources, minimizing environmental impact. 💲 Cost-Effective: Offers an affordable alternative to traditional cooling methods. ♻️ Sustainable: Encourages the use of natural materials and renewable energy for a greener tomorrow.   We commend Ms. Pavani Agrawal for her #dedication and #innovative spirit. Her work serves as an inspiration to young #researchers and #students across the nation to pursue sustainable innovations for the challenges we face. The Directorate of Environment is proud to support such initiatives that foster creativity, scientific inquiry, and a commitment to preserving our planet for future generations. Let's celebrate the achievements of our youth and encourage them to continue making a positive impact on our world! #SustainableCooling #SolarEnergy #Innovation #YouthInScience #EnvironmentalSustainability #CMSLucknow # Directorate of Environment

The State of #UttarPradesh has been a pioneer in setting the stage for #airshed approach in the country in 2021-22. From then, the State has made significant progress in planning and implementation of the airshed based #cleanair actions. The State also took a #leadership under the guidance of the MoEF&CC for initiating Indo Gangetic Plain #IGP level dialogues for mainstreaming a #wellcoordinated airshed based actions across all the 8 IGP States. UP has also been stressing upon the #mitigation of #evidencebased, however not in focus, sources of #airpollution like household #cooking, #fertiliser and #livestock etc. After UP took lead, many States and #CivilSociety Organisations have started #advocating the airshed approach along with appropriate actions against not in focus yet prominent air pollution sources. The State has been very successful in developing a #longterm #robust and well consulted strategy for providing #cleancooking solutions to the households in the State leveraging the #carbonfinancing to ensure their affordability to the users. Among the other clean cooking solutions, the State has identified the potential of household based bio-digesters in view of the high #livestock population in the State and advancements in the #technology that makes the biodigester tubes very easy to install and operate. The #affordability of this solution may also be achieved with the help of the subsidy provided by the Ministry of New and Renewable Energy (MNRE) coupled with well articulated #carbonfinancing through #voluntary carbon markets. The State is taking up this intervention at large scale and building #pathways for its effective implementation. In view of finalising the plan for its large scale implementation in the State, the Directorate of Environment, Government of Uttar Pradesh in collaboration with Ministry of New and Renewable Energy, Govt of India has successfully organized a technical discussions on “Biogas Technology: Promoting Transition to Clean Cooking”. Key #objective of this discussion is to develop pathways to scale up installations of biogas units as an alternative to solid fuel/biomass based #traditional cooking in rural areas. This discussion was inaugurated by Mr Manoj Singh, Additional chief Secretary, DoEF&CC, Government of Uttar Pradesh. It was a privilege for me to guide the discussions with the insightful guidance by Ms Sangita M. Kasture, Scientist G, MNRE, GoI. The discussion brought together #experts, #policymakers, #financers, #technology #distributors. The discussions offered valuable insights into the practical challenges on the ground and the latest available technologies and suggested strategies to make renewable energy solutions more affordable for rural consumers, highlighting the growing opportunities in emerging Carbon Financing Mechanisms. The insights from the discussions will be used to strengthen strategies devised to scale up uptake of Biogas as a clean fuel for cooking purposes in the State.

We’re #delighted to share our latest #publication titled “𝐂𝐨𝐧𝐭𝐢𝐧𝐮𝐨𝐮𝐬 𝐄𝐦𝐢𝐬𝐬𝐢𝐨𝐧 𝐌𝐨𝐧𝐢𝐭𝐨𝐫𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐒𝐲𝐬𝐭𝐞𝐦𝐬 (𝐂𝐄𝐌𝐒) 𝐢𝐧 𝐈𝐧𝐝𝐢𝐚: 𝐏𝐞𝐫𝐟𝐨𝐫𝐦𝐚𝐧𝐜𝐞 𝐄𝐯𝐚𝐥𝐮𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧, 𝐏𝐨𝐥𝐢𝐜𝐲 𝐆𝐚𝐩𝐬, 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐅𝐢𝐧𝐚𝐧𝐜𝐢𝐚𝐥 𝐈𝐦𝐩𝐥𝐢𝐜𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧𝐬 𝐟𝐨𝐫 𝐄𝐟𝐟𝐞𝐜𝐭𝐢𝐯𝐞 𝐀𝐢𝐫 𝐏𝐨𝐥𝐥𝐮𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧 𝐂𝐨𝐧𝐭𝐫𝐨𝐥,” published in the Journal of 𝐄𝐧𝐯𝐢𝐫𝐨𝐧𝐦𝐞𝐧𝐭𝐚𝐥 𝐌𝐚𝐧𝐚𝐠𝐞𝐦𝐞𝐧𝐭 𝐛𝐲 𝐄𝐥𝐬𝐞𝐯𝐢𝐞𝐫, which boasts an 𝐈𝐦𝐩𝐚𝐜𝐭 𝐅𝐚𝐜𝐭𝐨𝐫 𝐨𝐟 8.7. This #significant #publication is an outcome of the policy research conducted by our researchers Dr Ravi P Srivastava Sahil Kumar under the guidance of Mr. Ashish Tiwari, 𝐒𝐞𝐜𝐫𝐞𝐭𝐚𝐫𝐲 𝐨𝐟 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐃𝐞𝐩𝐚𝐫𝐭𝐦𝐞𝐧𝐭 𝐨𝐟 𝐄𝐧𝐯𝐢𝐫𝐨𝐧𝐦𝐞𝐧𝐭, 𝐅𝐨𝐫𝐞𝐬𝐭, 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐂𝐥𝐢𝐦𝐚𝐭𝐞 𝐂𝐡𝐚𝐧𝐠𝐞, 𝐆𝐨𝐯𝐞𝐫𝐧𝐦𝐞𝐧𝐭 𝐨𝐟 𝐔𝐭𝐭𝐚𝐫 𝐏𝐫𝐚𝐝𝐞𝐬𝐡. The paper elucidates the 𝐩𝐨𝐭𝐞𝐧𝐭𝐢𝐚𝐥 𝐨𝐟 𝐂𝐄𝐌𝐒 𝐢𝐧 𝐈𝐧𝐝𝐢𝐚 𝐟𝐨𝐫 𝐫𝐞𝐚𝐥-𝐭𝐢𝐦𝐞 𝐩𝐨𝐥𝐥𝐮𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧 𝐬𝐨𝐮𝐫𝐜𝐞 𝐦𝐨𝐧𝐢𝐭𝐨𝐫𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐞𝐧𝐬𝐮𝐫𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐜𝐨𝐦𝐩𝐥𝐢𝐚𝐧𝐜𝐞, 𝐢𝐝𝐞𝐧𝐭𝐢𝐟𝐢𝐞𝐬 𝐨𝐛𝐬𝐭𝐚𝐜𝐥𝐞𝐬 𝐢𝐧 𝐭𝐞𝐫𝐦𝐬 𝐨𝐟 𝐩𝐨𝐥𝐢𝐜𝐲, 𝐫𝐞𝐠𝐮𝐥𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧, 𝐭𝐞𝐜𝐡𝐧𝐨𝐥𝐨𝐠𝐲 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐟𝐢𝐧𝐚𝐧𝐜𝐞 𝐭𝐡𝐚𝐭 𝐢𝐦𝐩𝐞𝐝𝐞 𝐭𝐡𝐞𝐢𝐫 𝐚𝐝𝐨𝐩𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐬𝐮𝐠𝐠𝐞𝐬𝐭𝐬 𝐞𝐧𝐚𝐛𝐥𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐩𝐨𝐥𝐢𝐜𝐲 𝐟𝐫𝐚𝐦𝐞𝐰𝐨𝐫𝐤 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐫𝐨𝐛𝐮𝐬𝐭 𝐞𝐜𝐨𝐬𝐲𝐬𝐭𝐞𝐦 𝐭𝐨 𝐟𝐚𝐜𝐢𝐥𝐢𝐭𝐚𝐭𝐞 𝐭𝐡𝐞𝐢𝐫 𝐚𝐝𝐨𝐩𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧. We are very sure that the #comprehensive #policyframework suggested as the #research #outcome and its #implementation under a large scale #UttarPradesh #CleanAirProject will pave the way for a #robust #pollution source #realtime #monitoring and #compliance. We are grateful to𝐏𝐫𝐨𝐟. 𝐌𝐮𝐤𝐞𝐬𝐡 𝐒𝐡𝐚𝐫𝐦𝐚 (𝐃𝐞𝐩𝐚𝐫𝐭𝐦𝐞𝐧𝐭 𝐨𝐟 𝐂𝐢𝐯𝐢𝐥 𝐄𝐧𝐠𝐢𝐧𝐞𝐞𝐫𝐢𝐧𝐠, 𝐈𝐈𝐓 𝐊𝐚𝐧𝐩𝐮𝐫), Nivit Kumar Yadav (Programme Director - Industrial Pollution Unit at Centre for Science and Environment,New Delhi), Dr. Anju Goel (Associate Director, Air Quality Research, TERI - The Energy and Resources Institute Institute, New Delhi), Mr. Maneesh Mittal (CF Banda and Member, WG, UPCAMP), Mr. Pranav JAIN Ambedkar Nagar and Member, WG, UPCAMP), Mohd Rahib. (Assistant Director, Directorate of Environment and Member, WG, UPCAMP), the Officials of UPPCB, Mr. Jostein Nygard (World Bank), Ms. Karin Shephard (World Bank), Ms. Farah Zahir (World Bank), Ms. Ishaa S. (World Bank), Mr. Sayantan Sarkar (World Bank), Ms. Neha Sharma (World Bank), Ms. Vidhu Kapoor (TERI), Mr. Nimish Singh (TERI) and Mr. Kunal Soni (HORIBA) for #providing their #valuable #inputs to facilitate this research. We also extend our heartfelt thanks to Department of Science & Technology, Government of India for supporting a #climatechange #KnowledgeCentre within Uttar Pradesh Climate Change Authority. Please read the publication 👇 https://lnkd.in/emfYQSfJ

𝐓𝐡𝐞 𝐃𝐨𝐄𝐅&𝐂𝐂 𝐨𝐟 𝐔𝐭𝐭𝐚𝐫 𝐏𝐫𝐚𝐝𝐞𝐬𝐡 is implementing a #sectoral #approach as part of the state's long-term #airshed-based #airqualitymanagement #policy.   Eateries, #restaurants, and #dhabhas in and around cities use #charcoal/coal-based #tandoors, which have a #substantialemission load as estimated in emission #inventories and pose a #healthrisk owing to indoor #airpollution. The switch to #LPG-powered tandoors has #environmental and #health #benefits, but #technological #hurdles, cost fallacies, and traditional taste are preventing their widespread acceptance.   The DoEF&CC, in #collaboration with the Lucknow Municipal Corporation (LMC) and TERI - The Energy and Resources Institute in New Delhi, has taken on the #challenge of conducting an evidence-based study to identify affordable #technology while also mitigating other challenges, including those related to traditional taste. This effort is part of the CAP India Project, which is financed by the Swiss Agency for Development and Cooperation (SDC).   Following that, a series of #stakeholder #consultations were held with well-known eateries in #Lucknow to discuss the conversion of #coal-based #tandoors to LPG tandoors. The discussions focused on survey evaluations conducted by DoEF&CC and TERI, with a comparative analysis of #coal, #gas, and #electric tandoors highlighting the #advantages of gas tandoors, not only in terms of #environmental friendliness but also in terms of #costeffectiveness when compared to others. Furthermore, the viability of converting existing conventional tandoors to gas-powered options through #retrofitting gas kits was given, as well as ideas for keeping the traditional taste in LPG tandoors.   We are overjoyed with the huge reaction from Lucknow restaurant, eatery, and dhaba owners who are eager to use LPG tandoors. To instill confidence in the #cleaner #alternative, live demonstrations were held in which tandoor products were cooked in gas-powered tandoors and tasted by restaurant owners.   The gathering concluded with stakeholders agreeing that the shift is achievable, with minimum change in taste, and expressing their desire to convert to such an alternative.

Our team at the Directorate of Environment just received some exciting new additions! We're thrilled to introduce our #talented #team of #research #interns who are making waves in #environmentalconservation and #sustainabledevelopment. Holding degrees from institutions like the Indian Institute of Forest Management and Tata Institute of Social Sciences, Hyderabad, these bright young people bring a wealth of #knowledge and #passion to our projects. Their #diverse backgrounds and #expertise enrich our initiatives, which range from #biodiversityconservation to #climatechange #mitigation, #adaptation and #community #engagement. Stay tuned as they continue to drive #positive #change and contribute to a #greener, more #sustainable future for #UttarPradesh and beyond. Prince Sant Nitin Yadav Shweta Sharma @Shivangi misra Komal Jaiswal Shivam Singh SHRUTI ROKDE

Centre for Science and Environment, New Delhi CSE covers the #pathbreaking #research done by Directorate of Environment in its leading #publication Down to #Earth. https://lnkd.in/gYz99cv3 Ashish Tiwari Dr Ravi P Srivastava Sahil Kumar

"Wishing you a #vibrant and #eco-friendly #Holi! Let's #celebrate this festival of colors while keeping our #environment #clean and #pristine. May the hues of joy fill your life with happiness and laughter. Happy Holi!" #happyholi

Delighted to have participated in the International Conference on Advancements in Polymeric Materials (#APM-2024) on March 15, 2024 at Central Institute of Petrochemicals Engineering & Technology (CIPET) CIPET : Institute of Plastics Technology (IPT) - Ahmedabad. With the launch of the APM series in 2010, CIPET began a new chapter in its history by bringing together the #global #community from many fields related to polymers, product development, #design, #education, and #research. The conference's theme, "#Sustainable & #Innovative Materials and Design for Global Needs," was carefully chosen to cover #cuttingedge research and developments in a wide range of related fields, including #productdesign, development, and #validation, and #material #development and analysis. About 250 #scientists, #academia, #businesspeople, and aspiring researchers from all over the world came together at the conference, showcasing the collective brainpower of the #scientificcommunity. I used this chance to ask researchers to come up with practical answers to the main problems with #wastestream #circularity, such as: 👉 How to make #wastemanagement a profitable enterprise? 👉 How to #sustainably operate the waste management facilities that require a lot of #investment across the nation? 👉 Since the issue of #wastesegregation at the source is one of #behaviouralchange, which could take some time to materialise, what could be the most #costeffective technology for unsegregated garbage? 👉 What adjustments can be made during the design stage to enhance the product's #recyclability and #lifecycle? 👉 What approaches to #packagingdesign can reduce waste? The response of the #scholarly community to shoulder the burden of finding a solution to this problem has me in awe. For the #incredible #opportunity to attend the conference and see the cutting-edge scientific facilities at CIPET-IPT Ahmedabad, I am profoundly thankful to Dr. Shishir Sinha Director General of CIPET, and Dr. paritosh diwasali Head of CIPET-IPT Ahmedabad.