S2E72: What cues India can take from China to fix its foul air and water
About this episode
The episode discusses how India can learn from China's efforts to improve air and water quality amidst economic challenges.
India’s poor air is driving much needed investment away from the country. Synopsis: The Straits Times’ senior columnist Ravi Velloor distils 45 years of experience covering the Asian continent, with expert guests. There was a time when China was thought to have the world’s most polluted cities. However, Beijing’s sustained efforts have overturned that situation. Instead, when the question of polluted cities comes up, eyes turn to India now. According to the noted Harvard economist Gita Gopinath, a former top IMF official, poor air quality is driving investment away from India and is causing more damage to its economy than US President Donald Trump’s tariffs. There is enough policy experience, and scientific knowledge, to mitigate the situation. Indeed, India has within itself some of the world’s best scientific brains. The question is whether it has the political will to take the right measures, including pricing essential services such as water appropriately to curb overuse and wastage. In this wide-ranging conversation, host Ravi Velloor speaks with Chandran Nair, the Malaysian-born, founder and CEO of Hongkong-based Global…
People in this episode
Host: Ravi Velloor
Guest: Chandran Nair
Topics covered
- air quality
- water pollution
- economic impact
- China-India relations
- environmental policy
Keywords
- India
- China
- air pollution
- water quality
- economic investment
- environmental policy
- Gita Gopinath
- Chandran Nair
Mentioned in this episode
Organizations: Global Institute for Tomorrow, IMF
Places: India, China, Beijing, United States
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