{"id":130227,"date":"2026-10-23T12:58:06","date_gmt":"2026-10-23T07:28:06","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/?p=130227"},"modified":"2026-10-23T12:58:06","modified_gmt":"2026-10-23T07:28:06","slug":"centre-for-research-on-energy-and-clean-air","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/centre-for-research-on-energy-and-clean-air\/","title":{"rendered":"Centre for Research on Energy and Clean Air (CREA)"},"content":{"rendered":"<h2><b>Centre for Research on Energy and Clean Air Latest News<\/b><\/h2>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Delhi\u2019s winter air quality has shown no consistent improvement in the four years since the revision of the Graded Response Action Plan (GRAP) in 2022, according to an analysis by the Centre for Research on Energy and Clean Air (CREA). <\/span><\/p>\n<h2><b>About Centre for Research on Energy and Clean Air\u00a0<\/b><\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">It is an <\/span><b>independent, non-profit research organisation<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> focused on <\/span><b>revealing <\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">the <\/span><b>trends, causes, <\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">and <\/span><b>health impacts<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, as well as the <\/span><b>solutions, to <a href=\"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/upsc-exam\/air-pollution\/\" target=\"_blank\">air pollution<\/a>.<\/b><\/li>\n<li style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">It is <\/span><b>based <\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">in <\/span><b>Helsinki, Finland.\u00a0<\/b><\/li>\n<li style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">CREA<\/span><b> uses scientific data, research, and evidence<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> to <\/span><b>support <\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">the efforts of <\/span><b>governments, companies, and campaigning organisations<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> worldwide in their efforts to move towards clean energy and clean air.\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">CREA <\/span><b>investigates <\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">the sources and <\/span><b>trends of health-harming pollutants<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, particularly those resulting from <\/span><b>fossil fuel combustion<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, which cause millions of premature deaths annually.\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The NGO produces <strong>r<\/strong><\/span><b>egular publications and data products <\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">addressing topics such as coal phase-out, industrial emissions, and the environmental impacts of energy production.\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">CREA\u2019s research also covers geopolitical issues, such as the financing of fossil fuel imports during conflicts.\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Its works are <\/span><b>funded <\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">through <\/span><b>philanthropic grants <\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">and <\/span><b>revenue from commissioned research. <\/b><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><b>News: <\/b><a href=\"https:\/\/dailypioneer.com\/delhi\/grap-measures-failed-to-improve-air-quality-since-2022-says-crea\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\"><b>DP<\/b><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Centre for Research on Energy and Clean Air is an independent, non-profit research organisation focused on revealing the trends, causes, and health impacts, as well as the solutions, to air 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