In the past few decades, new contaminants of emerging concern (CECs) in the air, water,
and soil have gained significant attention due to their adverse impact on human health and …

About 3 billion people still rely on traditional sources of fuel. Biomass-based fuels were
responsible for more than 4 million deaths in 2012. Household energy consumption is …

Extreme event attribution aims to elucidate the link between global climate change, extreme
weather events, and the harms experienced on the ground by people, property, and nature …

Background The evidence for acute effects of air pollution on mortality in India is scarce,
despite the extreme concentrations of air pollution observed. This is the first multi-city study …

The urban population has increased from about 750 million in 1951 to 4.2 billion in 2018.
This uncontrolled population growth has resulted in an unplanned, fast and unsustainable …

Abstract Background South Asia is highly vulnerable to climate change and is projected to
experience some of the highest increases in average annual temperatures throughout the …

Rapid urbanization poses challenges to sustainable transportation, impacting walking as a
common mode for accessing transit stations. The Urban Heat Island (UHI) effect …

Spatio-temporal investigation of heat-related impacts forms the basis for planning resources
and formulating possible countermeasures. The present study aims to examine the effect of …

Heat wave (HW) and severe heat wave (SHW) events are the manifestations of extreme
temperature causing an array of impacts on health, ecosystem, and economy. Since the mid …

Background Heatwaves are expected to increase with climate change, posing a significant
threat to population health. In India, with the world's largest population, heatwaves occur …