Ms Tarja Halonen, President of Finland receives the Sustainable Development Leadership award for 2012
Launch of the Report of UN Secretary-General's High-level Panel on Global Sustainability
Dr Prannoy Roy, HE Arnold Schwarzenegger, and Dr R K Pachauri in conversation at DSDS 2012
Ms Jayanthi Natarajan, Hon'ble Minister of State (IC) at the Special Session on Biodiversity
Ministerial Session on 'Looking Ahead Preserving Global Commons'
Panel discussion 'This Century of Knowledge'
Valedictory Session by Dr R K Pachauri
Yamuna, the poisoned river
Industrial effluents and untreated sewage continues to choke the river Yamuna. The contaminants have entered our food chain and affected the health of the people in the area. Read
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From dirty to clean
Diversifying the sources of power, particularly by encouraging the use of natural gas, would be a good idea, says Nitya Nanda, Fellow, Resources, Regulation & Global Security, TERI. Read
more
Be risktrictive
Efforts to combat natural disasters need to reach all levels of society. Institutional changes and awareness are imperative, says Dr R K Pachauri, Director-General, TERI. Read
more
Reining in corruption
A good institutional environment that promotes transparency and accountability in administration, businesses and all economic activities, is important, says Bibhu Prasad Nayak, Associate Fellow, Resources, Regulation and Global Security. Read
more
Can we end the tragedy of the commons?
Dr R K Pachauri examines the tragedy of the global commons and calls on the international community to base their conclusions and future actions on solid scientific evidence. Read more
Global energy security: Are biofuels an answer?
The production of renewable energy sources is becoming increasingly important given the fact that potential reserves are gradually dwindling. Read
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Plastic Turns Green
A new generation of biodegradable plastic is the answer to the rampant plastic pollution and its irreversible ill effects that continue to affect our ecosystem. Read
more
Carbon footprint of roads
A study frames the methodology for the assessment of carbon footprint of roads in India. Read
more
The Splendour of Lodi Road: My brush with heritage is a wonderful "must" for Dilliwallahs as well as for the thousands of tourists and other people who visit this city. Ravi Batra has captured the historical essence of the monuments on this road in utterly delightful paintings. There is a gentle transparency, a lyrical fluidity, a dreamlike impression when reality is rendered in watercolours.
Plant Taxonomy: Past, present, and future contains various contributions from stalwarts in the field of plant taxonomy, including recent developments like molecular taxonomy and barcoding. Interesting aspects of naming plants, speciation, molecular aspects of plant identification, and e-flora have been dealt with in an elaborate manner.
Watch engaging and thought-provoking audio-visual content
on issues related to sustainable development that includes
films and documentaries, videos of TERI's field work, speeches
and addresses by eminent personalities and collection of speeches
and interviews by Dr R K Pachauri.
The 'Global Commons' is simply a common resource that doesn't belong to any specific state or entity across the world but is rather shared by everyone. This film highlights how we have been treating these common resources over time and where may a solution lie.
Sharing compelling human interest stories,
TERI films have won awards for bringing environmental issues
into focus.
In keeping with global sustainable development issues, TERI website
highlights the Institute's work from time to time through a thematic
interactive interface. Previous themes
TERI has developed a range of technologies
that have created new paradigms of development underlining the
sustainable use of natural resources, and are proven for their
effectiveness and economic viability.
An eco-friendly plant extract developed with the help of BPT to increase cotton crop yield.
TERI's mycorrhizal organic fertilizers offer sustainable and environment-friendly solutions to almost all cultivated plants and crops...
Climate
Change
Information resources on leading issues, events
and
ideas on climate change.
Hon'ble Prime Minister of India,
Dr Manmohan Singh inaugurated
DSDS 2012 
Industrial effluents and untreated sewage continues to choke the river Yamuna. The contaminants have entered our food chain and affected the health of the people in the area. Read
more
Dr R K Pachauri examines the tragedy of the global commons and calls on the international community to base their conclusions and future actions on solid scientific evidence. 
