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The document analyzes air pollution in India as a barrier to achieving Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs), emphasizing its impact on health, cities, climate, economic productivity, and environmental sustainability. It utilizes statistical and geospatial methods to assess pollution levels and regional disparities, particularly focusing on particulate matter like PM2.5. The study advocates for targeted pollution reduction strategies to enhance social, economic, and environmental outcomes, positioning air pollution as a critical issue for advancing SDGs.

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The document analyzes air pollution in India as a barrier to achieving Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs), emphasizing its impact on health, cities, climate, economic productivity, and environmental sustainability. It utilizes statistical and geospatial methods to assess pollution levels and regional disparities, particularly focusing on particulate matter like PM2.5. The study advocates for targeted pollution reduction strategies to enhance social, economic, and environmental outcomes, positioning air pollution as a critical issue for advancing SDGs.

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“Air Pollution as a Cross-Cutting Barrier to Sustainable Development Goals: A Data-

Driven Analysis in the Indian Context”

Aakash Kumar Singh, MJP Rohilkhand University, Bareilly, India


Abhishek Mourya, MJP Rohilkhand University, Bareilly, India
Mukul Kumar Gupta, MJP Rohilkhand University, Bareilly, India
Anil Kumar Bisht, MJP Rohilkhand University, Bareilly, India
Ashish Kumar Jain, MJP Rohilkhand University, Bareilly, India
Abstract
Air pollution plays a significant role in all areas of sustainable development and development in
India as one of the most critical environmental and public health issues which has an impact on
its development. Environmental pollution serves as cross-cutting barrier to development and our
research is a study of air quality that is integrated within SDGs and it uses statistical and
geospatial research to assess the overall concentration of pollution, regional disparities and shape
of spatial distribution across Indian states for the more basic air pollutants including PM2.5,
PM10, NO₂, SO₂, CO, O₃, NH₃ and other major air pollution contributors. In contrast to other
air pollution sources, most of very heavy pollution are caused by particulate matter, especially
PM2.5. The concentration of air pollutants has increased even more in northern and metropolitan
areas.
The report also shows how air pollution affects health (SDG 3), sustainable cities (SDG 11),
climate action (SDG 13), economic productivity (SDG 8), and environmental sustainability
(SDGs 6 and 15). Concerns around SDG 10 are further highlighted by regional disparities in
pollution exposure. The study highlights that focused pollution reduction measures can produce
multifaceted advantages in the social, economic, and environmental spheres by framing air
pollution as a "SDG nexus issue." The analysis comes to the conclusion that tackling particle
emissions through technology-driven and region-specific interventions can be a crucial policy
lever for quickening India's progress toward the SDGs.
Keywords – Environment Pollutants, SDGs, Emission, IOT, Air Pollution, Geospatial Analysis.

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