Harris, G. (2014, May 8). Cities in India Among the Most Polluted, W.H.O says. New Delhi, India.
What two (or more) quotes capture the message of the article?
the director of the Chest Research Foundation in Pune, India: “This is incredibly bad, and there is a complete lack of awareness about it both amongst policy makers and the common man.”
“Our levels are comparable with those of other cities,” he said. “Delhi’s air quality is better than Beijing’s in summer and much better in monsoon season.” Gufran Beig of Indias STATE run System of Air Quality Weather Forecasting and Research
What is the main point of the article, and how is it supported?
Indias air pollution is the worst in the world and NO ONE from that region is aware of it, including the government and common people.
It had the highest recorded PM 2.5 in Asia, which exceeds Beijing who was thought to be the worst in the world
Peopel in Beijing are very aware of their air pollution so much so that they wear masks and have air pollutant vents(the rich). No one in India wears masks and people who live within the city are completley unaware of the pollution levels thinking everything is normal
Indian cities within the Hindi Belt are considered to sit at the top 4 spots of most air polluted cities in the WORLD according to the WHO
government does not address this concern
this article is in reference to pre-election 2014.... this is differenet as the 2012 election was considering air pollutant measures and public health!
Either, people are not considering the correlation between air pollution and health OR the POA are not being implemented
WHO Reports
Have been reporting on countries from 2008-2013 on 91 countries and found that Delhi had an average of 153 micrograms of PM 2.5 concentration, which is 3X higher than Beijing which is at 50 PM 2.5 microgram per cubic meter
India Push Back
the governemt is pushing bakc to this WHO report by telling its peopel that they are just on par with Beijing Air Pollution. Claim that WHO was wrong and that their monsoon season had less air pollution than Beijing at the time
very few people were able to reach for comment on this article.... tells how little poeple want to get invovled
Causes
Air Pollution is caused by increased levels of coal fired power plants, cars and dung fueld for cooking, and cars
Explanation-
china has an excuse for its air pollution,t hey are an ecomic force that is trying to produce and manufactor as much for its city and people on a daily basis. they are an industrial capital and have a reason for its air pollution
areas such as India and Pakistan both take up 7 spots in the top 10 cities with air pollution and have NO explanation for thier excessive air pollution. India has a small manufactoriing sector that is shrinking and use corrupted networks to build roads and open coal and metal mines.
What actors (individuals or organizations) are referred to? (Provide names and short descriptions.)
WHO- reported teh air pollutant levels of New Delhi, took the recordings of PM-2.5 in all cities and compared them to India and found them the worst in the world
Dr. Sundeep Salvi- Director of the Chest Research Foundation in Pune, India- claims that the air pollution is really bad and tells the truth about hte LACK of awarereness amongst policy makers and the common man.
Dr. Carlos Dora- director of health and environemt at W.H.O
said Asia soudl be concerned iwth the high levels of air pollution as it contributes highly to death. As many as 7 Million people died from air pollution in 2012 from effects leading to heart attacks, stroke, and lung cancer.
Dr. Anurag Agrawal, a pulmonary physician and research in New Delhi
reported on a patient hwo needs to take STEROIDS to keep up with his asthma. when the boy is not in INdia his asthma goes AWAY. he has suggested for him to leave the country and the boy refuses to leave his country
What kind of causation or responsibility is argued or implied in the article?
Causation
India does not have a reliable explanaiton for this blatant lack of care for air pollution. it is not as big of an economic leader in manufactoring or industry like Beijing, yet it is producing up to two times the amount of PM 2.5 than Beijing.
Responsibility
India does not want to take repsosibility for its action
the government refuses to respond to such topics and whne they are attacked from companies like WHO they claim that they are lies or false informaiton.
How (if at all) are health disparities or other equity issues addressed in the article or report?
Helath is a major concern
WHO correspondent Doctor speaks specifically about how 7 million people died in 2012 from potential air pollutant cuases including heart attack, stroke, and lung cancer(80%)
it was also discussed a personal story from a pulmonolgist in New DElhi who treated a boy with asthma, his symptoms are non-existant outside of India. he needs to use steroids due to how bad his asthma is when in India.
What three points, details or references from the article did you follow up on to advance your understanding of the issued and actors described in the article?
looked further into the WHO findings of PM 10
other areas of major concern with output are eastern europe
looked into the time of the of the article
found that following the article, in the 2014 election public health gets more attention in runners
Abstract:ARticle covers the post election results in concern tohe BJP. The party did not win the majority but 282 seats of the 543 parliament. The party is about large scale building and infrastructure; inspired by China's high growth, top-down development model, the BJP plans to change India for the better through projects such as building a new railroad system across India and cleaning up the Ganges River
What two (or more) quotes capture the message of the article?
"Mr. Modi is drawn to large-scale building and infrastructure projects, which he pursues with a single-minded — critics say dictatorial — style."
“This is the strength of our confidence — that we have the capacity to fulfill the common man’s aspirations. The citizens of this country have done three centuries of work today.”
What is the main point of the article, and how is it supported?
BJP party was the first party to take some control of hte parliament since the start of post colonizatoin of India
Mr. Modi has a very gung ho attitude, he is a man of action and at times he both inspires and worries people do to how he is all action and little talk. He knows what he wants to accomplish and does not look to others for approval
It is believed that Mr. Modi and his parties victory is a symbol of the urbanization and eocnomic growth occuring in India, based on it was the first to win over the Indian Nsational Congress
The win for the BJP was a major shift in politics as it took down the party that had been in control of India for decades
What actors (individuals or organizations) are referred to? (Provide names and short descriptions.)
Narendra Modi- head fo the Bharatiya Janata Party
Sonia Gandhi and her son Rahul- President of hte Congress party who lost to Modi
Mr. Modi- a newly elected head leader to the BJP who took a lot of power from the parliament this past year. Mr. Modi is a self made man who prides himself as being the peoples man
What kind of causation or responsibility is argued or implied in the article?
the article is discussing how there is a big shift in governmental control in congress. It moved from the National Congress Party to a good poriton being BJP who have very intricate plans of action to take India to the next level in terms of infrastructure, manfuactoring, and job creation. Mr. Modi wants to clena up the Ganges River and make India a place for his people. He is seen as both a threat and a potential chance for a dramatic shift in the health care of India's future as he has very intense ideas that are going to be implemented during his time in policitics.
How (if at all) are health disparities or other equity issues addressed in the article or report?
not a major point in th earticle. more about a potential time that things changed over in India that could have imapcted the overall community of India and its health care reform issues(starting in 2014 watch out)
What three points, details or references from the article did you follow up on to advance your understanding of the issued and actors described in the article?
looked into who actually wont and found that BJP does not have majority of the parliament they just ahve a very large portion of the house. they do not run the place as much as the article leads on it is more of a point they are trying to make about the shift of the old leaving and the new coming into power.
Abstract: THere is for the frist itme a push to put public health into the race for the Indian general election. This year there was to be a new parliament and prime minister elected starting April 7th 2014(the decision came out in May). Health care has NEVER been a major focus when it comes to general elections becuase msot of the time people do not have reforms or govenrmental action with public health so there is not point in ringing it up in the elections.
What two (or more) quotes capture the message of the article?
Amit Sengupta of the Delhi Science Forum explains that “because there is rarely a political demand for health reforms, the politicians can get away with ignoring them”.
“If they put health on their agendas, it would pit parties against big businesses and the private sector—doctors, private diagnostic labs, corporate hospitals, pharmaceutical companies, and pharmacy shops”, she says.(Leena Menghaney, a New Delhi based lawer and public health activist)
By Rakhal Gaitonde, a community medicine expert with Peoples Health Movement India
“It is a welcome move, but, unfortunately, it appears populist. The congress is only ‘promising’ access to health care. There is no talk of quality, regulation, or accountability.”
“All the governments over the last two decades have failed to deliver on the promise of raising the health budget”, Sengupta says. “We would like the next government to really work towards increasing health spending from 1·4% to 3–5% of GDP.
What is the main point of the article, and how is it supported?
there is not enough political will from the runners to raise up the toucgh questiosn like public health. If one were to bring up public health tey woudl be going up against the health care sector which would include big business and the private health care sector.
In 2014 the electors finally started talking about health in their manifestos
There are those elected, such as those in Andhra Pradesh, chief minster YSR Reddy, who have neded up winning their election based on the efforts the did in the public health sector.
Back in 2009 he won the election based on his Rajiv Aarogyasri Community Helath Insurance Scheme, which inolved paying people who were in low income for their health care costs up to $3300 for their families
The 2014 manifesoto promising to strengthen public helath care, however, there is no mobilizing or tangible effort being put into any implementiaton
Only political formation that took charge of this issue was the Left Front Alliance- they were the ones who launched the National Rural Helath Mission(NRHM) in 2005
AAP- AAm Aadmi Party are one of the major ones putting the public health promise in their manifesto. They plan to bring free medicine to public schools to show how public health care is right to everyone.
BJP in 2004 manifesto championed the idea of private health care and during this election they masked their old school method by saying that they would start a national assurance mission to provide affordable health care- would most like just be more privatism.
things tat the NRHM brings to the community is maternal health, which help women of all classes deliver babies, which in turn madea huge difference in maternal nad child mortality rates in the country
What actors (individuals or organizations) are referred to? (Provide names and short descriptions.)
Shailaja Chandra- former secretayr of hte health minstistry- calls the NRHM the biggest achieverment of the health sector in the past two decades
T Sundaranaraman was the former executive director the National Health Sstems Resoucrce Center(which guides NRHM) he believed that Chandra was misguided in thinking that the proram was fully functional. He believes the NRHM has become more bureaucratic and centralized in recent years
Rakhal Gaitonde- huge reference in article- he is a community medicine expert with People's Health Moviement, India
What kind of causation or responsibility is argued or implied in the article?
There needs to be some political ocntrol of this situation
Prviate health care system is largely unregulated and ends up making patients pay huge out of pocket expenses
private health care treats 80% outpatient and 60% in patient care in the country
Private health care expenses are so much that they push 2.2% of the popluation into poverty every YEAR
India accounts for 21% of the worlds global burden of disease
The government does not want to take control of this situation as it does not want to go up agains the private health sector(doctors, hospital, etc). but slowly politicians are starting to make these cases
The two party contendors of the elction is the reigning Congress party and the Bhartiya Janta Party(BJP)(National Democratic alliance)
some worry woudl lead to further privatism in health care
How (if at all) are health disparities or other equity issues addressed in the article or report?
whole article is centered around the push to rbing health care to all citizens and how it is a neglected issue regarldess o fhow much iti s in demand by the poeple. slowly it is beocming a platform to run on but a lot of people shy away from addressing it due to the huge reform that comes along with it
If BJP came to power they would be very radical and had threatened to chane up the NRHM, which was a working system in India in terms of materianl health. they threatened to make it more useful; however, people like Gaitonde saw this as a radical push to leasen the govenrments responsibilitie
What three points, details or references from the article did you follow up on to advance your understanding of the issued and actors described in the article?
The NDAs or the National Democratic Alliance won with a sweeping victory taking over 336 seats, they were the first party to win where they could control the entire parliament withouth the aid of any other party. IN second place came the BJP hwich won 282 seats with 31%
Rahkal Gaitonde- is a legitamite source who has writen many papers in Academia about community medicien and govenremnt invovlemnet with such areas
Abstract:India and China reached an agreemenet in concenr to both sides working together to bring down pollutant emissions. the goal is to stop global warming and both sides want to work together to help bring about this change. Both being in the top three producers of carbon emission, they aim to work together on bringing down emissions.
What two (or more) quotes capture the message of the article?
“Perhaps no country could potentially be more affected by the impacts of climate change and no country is going to be more important in moving forward a strong agreement than India.”
the two countries will work together to fight global climate change, laying out a set of goals that the two countries hope “will expand policy dialogues and technical work on clean energy and low greenhouse gas emissions technologies.”
What is the main point of the article, and how is it supported?
did not expect a concrete emissions agreement like Obama was able to receive with China(back in November) but the deal includes
efforts to reduce emission of fluorinated gaes
investigate India's promotion of clean energy investment
partnering to reduce the debilitating air pollutiont hat has plagued many of INdias cities
India is a major partner to gain becuase there is no other country that can be posively impacted by teh decrease in climate change.
countries like china and the U.S are in positions where they can decide to strive toward to decrease in emissions and make concrete examples of how this will come about. india unfortunatley has too many people lving in poverty to allow them to make sure promises and forms of agreement. Thus this is more of a partnership than an agreement like made with China
India has 8 of the top 13 cities in the world with air pollution so to decrease climate change or strive towards it would posivetly impact India more than any other country according to the Panel for Climate Change
What actors (individuals or organizations) are referred to? (Provide names and short descriptions.)
Prime Minister Modi
President Obama
Panel on Climate Change
What kind of causation or responsibility is argued or implied in the article?
The meeting was important in that it showed the liberal approach of PM Modi workign with OBama. On top of it, it showed that even though India does not hav ethe same resources availabel to htem as China they are still capable of workign towards a common goal with a partner country.
How (if at all) are health disparities or other equity issues addressed in the article or report?
to improve on climate change initatives India will be greatly impacted by these changes first due to their huge immision of carbon and pollutants. Thus any drop in oveall emissions wil lpositively imact the citizens of India and help decrease the imapct of health issues on the public.
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Looked further into the details of the arrangmeent
cooperate on hydrofluorcarbons
enahance bilateral climate change cooperations
expand partnerships to advnace clean energy research
Abstract: After a long wait, India finally unveiled there climate change plan initiative for the Paris Climate Summit. It was released early this month(October 2). Was a big deal to unveil as they are the 3rd biggest greenhouse gas emitters in the owrld. The document/agreement taht they sent in is named the Intedned nationally Determined Contribution
What two (or more) quotes capture the message of the article?
"India, the world’s third biggest greenhouse gas emitter, has pledged to source 40% of its electricity from renewable and other low-carbon sources by 2030"
“Though India is not part of the problem, it wants to be part of the solution. Our historical cumulative emission as of today is below 3%.” said by Prakash Javadekar, Indi'as enviornmetal minister.(total lie)
Rhea Suh, the president of the US-based Natural Resources Defense Council (NRDC), said: “India’s strong climate plan offers a comprehensive approach to curb the worst impacts of climate change.”
What is the main point of the article, and how is it supported?
In december paris will an international talk about how the world can work together on tackling global warming
India was the 140th country with a major economy to submit a plan of actoin to speak about durign this meeting
The population of India is continuing to grow, by 2030 it is expected to have a population of 1.5 Billion people.
they have commited to cut the 'emission intensty' of its economy by up to 35% by 2030
as a side note they ahve already pledged to cut emissions by 20% by 2020
Javadekar noted that other countries need to take ownership for the mass amoutns of emmision since the start of the industrial revolution. he claims that India is not to blame in comparison to other developed nations(lots of push back from India)
INDC focuses on
clean energy, solar powre, planting forests to absorb carbon emissions
P.M Modi is a big supporter of solar power
The document sent in was approved by the UN. It was said that india has a good nderstadning of the impact global warming can have o nits peopel, thus they want to help
India was approved from many peopel and recognized for both implementing plausible ideas and implementing ideas that are of value to the enviornment
they referenced Gandhi a lot in the paper
it has been found that if the world keep on track the UN said that the goloal temperature will rise by 2.7 C above preindustrial levels by 2100
the UN plans to hold rises at 2 c
all countries will be involved in the deals made at this summit meeting thus everyone must come with ideas on how to implement and take action.
What actors (individuals or organizations) are referred to? (Provide names and short descriptions.)
Pope referred to in his speech about emissions and cutting it down. India thinks he is right and want to be apart of the solution
Parash Javadekar is environmentla minister
United Nation
What kind of causation or responsibility is argued or implied in the article?
the article is holding everyone in teh worrld accountable to providing valuable input and implemnetaion methods on global warming reduction. every country will be expected to come and be apart of the eal making thus everyone shoudl be aware fo their means of application. India was effective in its proposla but it is still needs to be willing to act.
How (if at all) are health disparities or other equity issues addressed in the article or report?
not a major health article. more about the governmental side of hte arguement
in terms of helath, india is aware the most that if they dont do something about gloabl warmign they will be the firs tto be affected.
What three points, details or references from the article did you follow up on to advance your understanding of the issued and actors described in the article?
looked into other newspaper articles, cited about the govnerments past and the new plan porposed by India.
- Full citation and link
- Harris, G. (2014, May 8). Cities in India Among the Most Polluted, W.H.O says. New Delhi, India.
- What two (or more) quotes capture the message of the article?
- the director of the Chest Research Foundation in Pune, India: “This is incredibly bad, and there is a complete lack of awareness about it both amongst policy makers and the common man.”
- “Our levels are comparable with those of other cities,” he said. “Delhi’s air quality is better than Beijing’s in summer and much better in monsoon season.” Gufran Beig of Indias STATE run System of Air Quality Weather Forecasting and Research
- What is the main point of the article, and how is it supported?
- Indias air pollution is the worst in the world and NO ONE from that region is aware of it, including the government and common people.
- It had the highest recorded PM 2.5 in Asia, which exceeds Beijing who was thought to be the worst in the world
- Peopel in Beijing are very aware of their air pollution so much so that they wear masks and have air pollutant vents(the rich). No one in India wears masks and people who live within the city are completley unaware of the pollution levels thinking everything is normal
- Indian cities within the Hindi Belt are considered to sit at the top 4 spots of most air polluted cities in the WORLD according to the WHO
- government does not address this concern
- this article is in reference to pre-election 2014.... this is differenet as the 2012 election was considering air pollutant measures and public health!
- Either, people are not considering the correlation between air pollution and health OR the POA are not being implemented
- WHO Reports
- Have been reporting on countries from 2008-2013 on 91 countries and found that Delhi had an average of 153 micrograms of PM 2.5 concentration, which is 3X higher than Beijing which is at 50 PM 2.5 microgram per cubic meter
- India Push Back
- the governemt is pushing bakc to this WHO report by telling its peopel that they are just on par with Beijing Air Pollution. Claim that WHO was wrong and that their monsoon season had less air pollution than Beijing at the time
- very few people were able to reach for comment on this article.... tells how little poeple want to get invovled
- Causes
- Air Pollution is caused by increased levels of coal fired power plants, cars and dung fueld for cooking, and cars
- Explanation-
- china has an excuse for its air pollution,t hey are an ecomic force that is trying to produce and manufactor as much for its city and people on a daily basis. they are an industrial capital and have a reason for its air pollution
- areas such as India and Pakistan both take up 7 spots in the top 10 cities with air pollution and have NO explanation for thier excessive air pollution. India has a small manufactoriing sector that is shrinking and use corrupted networks to build roads and open coal and metal mines.
- What actors (individuals or organizations) are referred to? (Provide names and short descriptions.)
- WHO- reported teh air pollutant levels of New Delhi, took the recordings of PM-2.5 in all cities and compared them to India and found them the worst in the world
- Dr. Sundeep Salvi- Director of the Chest Research Foundation in Pune, India- claims that the air pollution is really bad and tells the truth about hte LACK of awarereness amongst policy makers and the common man.
- Dr. Carlos Dora- director of health and environemt at W.H.O
- said Asia soudl be concerned iwth the high levels of air pollution as it contributes highly to death. As many as 7 Million people died from air pollution in 2012 from effects leading to heart attacks, stroke, and lung cancer.
- Dr. Anurag Agrawal, a pulmonary physician and research in New Delhi
- reported on a patient hwo needs to take STEROIDS to keep up with his asthma. when the boy is not in INdia his asthma goes AWAY. he has suggested for him to leave the country and the boy refuses to leave his country
- What kind of causation or responsibility is argued or implied in the article?
- Causation
- India does not have a reliable explanaiton for this blatant lack of care for air pollution. it is not as big of an economic leader in manufactoring or industry like Beijing, yet it is producing up to two times the amount of PM 2.5 than Beijing.
- Responsibility
- India does not want to take repsosibility for its action
- the government refuses to respond to such topics and whne they are attacked from companies like WHO they claim that they are lies or false informaiton.
- How (if at all) are health disparities or other equity issues addressed in the article or report?
- Helath is a major concern
- WHO correspondent Doctor speaks specifically about how 7 million people died in 2012 from potential air pollutant cuases including heart attack, stroke, and lung cancer(80%)
- it was also discussed a personal story from a pulmonolgist in New DElhi who treated a boy with asthma, his symptoms are non-existant outside of India. he needs to use steroids due to how bad his asthma is when in India.
- What three points, details or references from the article did you follow up on to advance your understanding of the issued and actors described in the article?
- looked further into the WHO findings of PM 10
- other areas of major concern with output are eastern europe
- looked into the time of the of the article
- found that following the article, in the 2014 election public health gets more attention in runners
Article #2Article #3
- Full citation and link
- Sachan, D. (2014, April 9). Health Gets Greater Attention in the 2014 Indian Election. Retrieved October 2015, from The Lancet: http://thelancet.com/journals/lancet/article/PIIS0140-6736(14)60454-2/fulltext
- Abstract: THere is for the frist itme a push to put public health into the race for the Indian general election. This year there was to be a new parliament and prime minister elected starting April 7th 2014(the decision came out in May). Health care has NEVER been a major focus when it comes to general elections becuase msot of the time people do not have reforms or govenrmental action with public health so there is not point in ringing it up in the elections.
- What two (or more) quotes capture the message of the article?
- Amit Sengupta of the Delhi Science Forum explains that “because there is rarely a political demand for health reforms, the politicians can get away with ignoring them”.
- “If they put health on their agendas, it would pit parties against big businesses and the private sector—doctors, private diagnostic labs, corporate hospitals, pharmaceutical companies, and pharmacy shops”, she says.(Leena Menghaney, a New Delhi based lawer and public health activist)
- By Rakhal Gaitonde, a community medicine expert with Peoples Health Movement India
- “It is a welcome move, but, unfortunately, it appears populist. The congress is only ‘promising’ access to health care. There is no talk of quality, regulation, or accountability.”
- “All the governments over the last two decades have failed to deliver on the promise of raising the health budget”, Sengupta says. “We would like the next government to really work towards increasing health spending from 1·4% to 3–5% of GDP.
- What is the main point of the article, and how is it supported?
- there is not enough political will from the runners to raise up the toucgh questiosn like public health. If one were to bring up public health tey woudl be going up against the health care sector which would include big business and the private health care sector.
- In 2014 the electors finally started talking about health in their manifestos
- There are those elected, such as those in Andhra Pradesh, chief minster YSR Reddy, who have neded up winning their election based on the efforts the did in the public health sector.
- Back in 2009 he won the election based on his Rajiv Aarogyasri Community Helath Insurance Scheme, which inolved paying people who were in low income for their health care costs up to $3300 for their families
- The 2014 manifesoto promising to strengthen public helath care, however, there is no mobilizing or tangible effort being put into any implementiaton
- Only political formation that took charge of this issue was the Left Front Alliance- they were the ones who launched the National Rural Helath Mission(NRHM) in 2005
- AAP- AAm Aadmi Party are one of the major ones putting the public health promise in their manifesto. They plan to bring free medicine to public schools to show how public health care is right to everyone.
- BJP in 2004 manifesto championed the idea of private health care and during this election they masked their old school method by saying that they would start a national assurance mission to provide affordable health care- would most like just be more privatism.
- things tat the NRHM brings to the community is maternal health, which help women of all classes deliver babies, which in turn madea huge difference in maternal nad child mortality rates in the country
- What actors (individuals or organizations) are referred to? (Provide names and short descriptions.)
- Shailaja Chandra- former secretayr of hte health minstistry- calls the NRHM the biggest achieverment of the health sector in the past two decades
- T Sundaranaraman was the former executive director the National Health Sstems Resoucrce Center(which guides NRHM) he believed that Chandra was misguided in thinking that the proram was fully functional. He believes the NRHM has become more bureaucratic and centralized in recent years
- Rakhal Gaitonde- huge reference in article- he is a community medicine expert with People's Health Moviement, India
- What kind of causation or responsibility is argued or implied in the article?
- There needs to be some political ocntrol of this situation
- Prviate health care system is largely unregulated and ends up making patients pay huge out of pocket expenses
- private health care treats 80% outpatient and 60% in patient care in the country
- Private health care expenses are so much that they push 2.2% of the popluation into poverty every YEAR
- India accounts for 21% of the worlds global burden of disease
- The government does not want to take control of this situation as it does not want to go up agains the private health sector(doctors, hospital, etc). but slowly politicians are starting to make these cases
- The two party contendors of the elction is the reigning Congress party and the Bhartiya Janta Party(BJP)(National Democratic alliance)
- some worry woudl lead to further privatism in health care
- How (if at all) are health disparities or other equity issues addressed in the article or report?
- whole article is centered around the push to rbing health care to all citizens and how it is a neglected issue regarldess o fhow much iti s in demand by the poeple. slowly it is beocming a platform to run on but a lot of people shy away from addressing it due to the huge reform that comes along with it
- If BJP came to power they would be very radical and had threatened to chane up the NRHM, which was a working system in India in terms of materianl health. they threatened to make it more useful; however, people like Gaitonde saw this as a radical push to leasen the govenrments responsibilitie
- What three points, details or references from the article did you follow up on to advance your understanding of the issued and actors described in the article?
- The NDAs or the National Democratic Alliance won with a sweeping victory taking over 336 seats, they were the first party to win where they could control the entire parliament withouth the aid of any other party. IN second place came the BJP hwich won 282 seats with 31%
- Rahkal Gaitonde- is a legitamite source who has writen many papers in Academia about community medicien and govenremnt invovlemnet with such areas
Article #4- Full citation and link
- Atkin, E. (2015, Jan 25). U.S and India Announce 'Cooperation' On Climate Change. Retrieved October 20, 2015 , from Climate Progress: http://thinkprogress.org/climate/2015/01/25/3615232/us-india-climate-agreement/
- Abstract:India and China reached an agreemenet in concenr to both sides working together to bring down pollutant emissions. the goal is to stop global warming and both sides want to work together to help bring about this change. Both being in the top three producers of carbon emission, they aim to work together on bringing down emissions.
- What two (or more) quotes capture the message of the article?
- “Perhaps no country could potentially be more affected by the impacts of climate change and no country is going to be more important in moving forward a strong agreement than India.”
- What is the main point of the article, and how is it supported?
- did not expect a concrete emissions agreement like Obama was able to receive with China(back in November) but the deal includes
- efforts to reduce emission of fluorinated gaes
- investigate India's promotion of clean energy investment
- partnering to reduce the debilitating air pollutiont hat has plagued many of INdias cities
- India is a major partner to gain becuase there is no other country that can be posively impacted by teh decrease in climate change.
- countries like china and the U.S are in positions where they can decide to strive toward to decrease in emissions and make concrete examples of how this will come about. india unfortunatley has too many people lving in poverty to allow them to make sure promises and forms of agreement. Thus this is more of a partnership than an agreement like made with China
- India has 8 of the top 13 cities in the world with air pollution so to decrease climate change or strive towards it would posivetly impact India more than any other country according to the Panel for Climate Change
- What actors (individuals or organizations) are referred to? (Provide names and short descriptions.)
- Prime Minister Modi
- President Obama
- Panel on Climate Change
- What kind of causation or responsibility is argued or implied in the article?
- The meeting was important in that it showed the liberal approach of PM Modi workign with OBama. On top of it, it showed that even though India does not hav ethe same resources availabel to htem as China they are still capable of workign towards a common goal with a partner country.
- How (if at all) are health disparities or other equity issues addressed in the article or report?
- to improve on climate change initatives India will be greatly impacted by these changes first due to their huge immision of carbon and pollutants. Thus any drop in oveall emissions wil lpositively imact the citizens of India and help decrease the imapct of health issues on the public.
- What three points, details or references from the article did you follow up on to advance your understanding of the issued and actors described in the article?
- Looked further into the details of the arrangmeent
- cooperate on hydrofluorcarbons
- enahance bilateral climate change cooperations
- expand partnerships to advnace clean energy research
- accelearte clean energy finance
Article #5the two countries will work together to fight global climate change, laying out a set of goals that the two countries hope “will expand policy dialogues and technical work on clean energy and low greenhouse gas emissions technologies.”