Every winter the National Capital Region of India is covered in a cloud of thick smog. Air quality index monitors max out with ratings of 999 and pollution reaches 50 times the level deemed safe by the World Health Organization, making breathing Delhi’s air as bad as smoking 50 cigarettes. Some of the biggest emitters are Delhi’s more than 10 million vehicles, like cars and trucks. Dust from the city’s construction boom is also a contributor to the city’s smog. Brick kilns that burn solid fuels are another factor. So is coal-fired power generation.
3082 Urban Centre Covered in Smog in winter, high volume of pollution from coal fired sources in the city centre. 2. Impacts, 1. Causes Climate Visuals Principles: 1. Show real people not staged photo-ops, 2. Tell new stories, 6. Show local (but serious) climate impacts, 7. Be very careful with protest imagery, 3. Show climate causes at scale, 4. Climate impacts are emotionally powerful, 5. Understand your audience, 8. Sustainability must be everyones objective, 9. Overcome present-day fears with a vision for the future Every winter the National Capital Region of India is covered in a cloud of thick smog. Air quality index monitors max out with ratings of 999 and pollution reaches 50 times the level deemed safe by the World Health Organization, making breathing Delhi’s air as bad as smoking 50 cigarettes. Some of the biggest emitters are Delhi’s more than 10 million vehicles, like cars and trucks. Dust from the city’s construction boom is also a contributor to the city’s smog. Brick kilns that burn solid fuels are another factor. So is coal-fired power generation. City: Gurugram Region: Haryana Country: India Agency: Climate Visuals Countdown Creative Commons, CC BY-NC-ND 4.0 Mandatory Credit: Raunaq Chopra / Climate Visuals Countdown I am a documentary filmmaker and cinematographer based out of New Delhi. Photographer name: Raunaq Chopra Photographer based in: India Social media: https://www.instagram.com/turbanatorchopra/
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