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Peak Planet IVM Podcasts
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In Peak Planet, host Karthik Ganesan deliberates on perilous everyday sustainability issues - taps running dry, toxic air, unreliable power supply, traffic snarls, and extreme climatic changes - that affect each Indian. He dissects the complexities through evidence-backed information. In the first season, Karthik deep dives into air pollution, which turns 'public enemy number 1' around this time of the year. Through four episodes, Peak Planet will take you through the evolution of the public discourse on air pollution, the challenges in measuring air quality and gathering data, the reasons behind bad air quality in Indian cities and how the authorities have been unable to mitigate the sources of pollution. Peak Planet is presented by The Council on Energy, Environment and Water, one of South Asia’s leading not-for-profit policy research institutions.
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CEEW Peak Planet S1 E4: Two Kings
Host Karthik Ganesan discusses hurdles in addressing stubble burning and farmer-friendly solutions with Balveer Singh (farmer), Raspinder Singh (farmer) and Jaswinder Kaur (Dept of Agriculture, Govt of Punjab). He also addresses the question - to burst or not to burst firecrackers - during Deepavali and digs into the history of the use of firecrackers. Highlight: What is a green cracker?
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CEEW Peak Planet S1 E3: Lamentations
Host Karthik Ganesan speaks to Santosh Harish (CPR), Anumita Roychowdhury (CSE), and M P George (DPCC) on regulatory and policy challenges in combating air pollution, and how would concerned citizens be mobilised to demonstrate that air pollution is a major public hazard. Highlight: Can pollution control boards alone fix the issue?
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CEEW Peak Planet S1 E2: Numbers
Host Karthik Ganesan speaks to Sarath Guttikunda (Urban Emissions), Sagnik Dey (IIT-D), and Rohit Bansal (Pure Logic labs) to examine the critical data gap related to air quality and how effective the increased media attention has been on changing public perception. Highlight: Do we know enough about air pollution to address it?
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CEEW Peak Planet S1 E1: Genesis
Host Karthik Ganesan speaks to Barun Aggarwal (BreathEasy Solutions), Jayashree Nandi (Hindustan Times), and Rohit Halbe (concerned citizen) on the changing public discourse on air pollution, the deteriorating air quality in urban India, and how citizens are responding to this public enemy number 1. Highlight: How can air pollution gain year-round media attention?
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Customer Reviews
Top class, informative, measured
India’s best podcast for climate, air pollution, and energy issues.
Great to see this ! Give us more !
Great initiative to put across a world class podcast relevant to Indian climate related issues. Hope the effort continues on and covers a lot more. Just one piece of advice - make it a little more interesting and relatable for all. At times it became a bit boring. A geek like me loved it but not sure it would appeal to all. Make it more fun !
A True Testament
A thoughtful production. The content is thorough, well-researched and detailed. The Clarity of thoughts and its delivery is smooth and precise. Kudos to the Peak Planet team. Keep ‘em coming till Revelation and beyond!