Alisha Wainwright
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first heard Apr 2026
last heard 3 Jun
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It's also the second largest coal-consuming industry, with about 150,000 kilns across the region.
In 2012, the International Center for Integrated Mountain Development launched the Brick Kiln Project to tackle emissions.
But it was when an earthquake struck Nepal in 2015 that they were presented with a unique opportunity amidst the tragic circumstances.
In collaboration with the kiln owners, they started working on a new design that would be earthquake-resistant, whilst also improving efficiency and reducing pollution.
Senior Atmospheric Environmental Specialist Bidia Banmali Pradhan, who is based in Kathmandu and led the project, tells us what happened.
Wow.
Bidia's brought so many things to mind in her discussion about the brick kiln project.
The first thing it made me think of actually is how incredibly impactful it is to notice when something is different for the better.
And I also love that they are able to find a solution in which we're
making the environment safer and cleaner.
And the businesses are also happy because that is a long lasting solution if both sides feel like it's a win-win.
I was thinking about this brick kiln project.
It came as a positive from this very terrible earthquake.
Do you think that these innovations would have existed?
How do you go into an industry and enact radical change if there's not some sort of extenuating circumstance forcing it to happen?
Okay, so let's get a bit more granular here.
I asked Dr. Zorana Anderson, an environmental epidemiologist from the University of Copenhagen, to give me an overview of what we know about the specific health impacts of black carbon, a major component of particulate matter, or PM2.5.
What do we know about the mechanisms and where is new research needed?
So the way Zorana made it sound is that we have some information, but not enough to actually affect policy.
So with all these studies to inform regulation, I'm curious from your perspective, when you, in your experience with policymaking, how are you utilizing these research tools, basically?
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