Kömüre dayalı büyüme halk sağlığında ikili bir tablo yaratıyor

An Oxford-led study has traced a difficult trade-off in India’s economic and energy transition. Between 2000 and 2020, rising incomes helped millions of households adopt cleaner cooking fuels, reducing exposure to smoke indoors. At the same time, electricity demand almost quadrupled, and coal supplied 76 percent of that demand. Researchers combined satellite observations, atmospheric modelling, energy and socioeconomic records, and mortality data. They found that sulphate formed from coal-related sulphur dioxide became a larger share of urban airborne particles. The power sector’s estimated contribution to urban aerosol pollution rose from 16 to 36 percent, while annual urban deaths attributable to fine-particle exposure increased from about 670,000 to 870,000. Industry also remained a major source, so coal power was not the only cause. The researchers argue that development itself is not the problem: cleaner household energy brings real benefits, but the electricity supporting those gains must also become cleaner.