Overview Though the Earth Science & Climate Change division is newly created but the Earth Science & Climate Change research at TERI has been going on since 1989. Initial activities focused upon awareness generation and capacity building for different stakeholders, viz., governments, industries and civil society organizations. Through its research, TERI has made significant contribution to the international climate debate, and bringing out developing country perspective. TERI researchers have also contributed to the IPCC process in various ways. Different focus areas of climate change research include, impacts and vulnerability assessment, adaptation strategies, exploring GHG mitigation options and issues therein, climate change policies and climate modeling activities. TERI figures prominently in the international network on climate change research and involved in several collaborative projects with research institutions in Canada, Europe, Japan, etc. TERI also provides support to other countries in various ways and currently the focus is on building capacity of African countries.
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