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A Goa village that strives to protect the fast-vanishing 'Khazans'

03 Oct 2018 | TERI Web Desk

Paddy fields in khazans

Khazan ecosystems are reclaimed wetlands and mangrove areas, where tidal influence is regulated by the construction of embankments and sluice gates. 'Khazans' in Goa have always been nature's defence to its own excesses such as high tides, storms or floods. They are predominantly rice and fish fields.

Towards COP24: From Bangkok to Katowice

26 Sep 2018 | Mr Abhishek Kaushik

For successful implementation of the Paris Agreement, issues frustrating developing and developed nations must be resolved; political trade-offs may provide an answer

'Infusion of capital required to accelerate transition to renewable energy in India'

26 Sep 2018 | TERI Web Desk

Experts discuss India's need to reconcile its development imperatives with environmental sustainability, at Climate Week NYC

Transcending the challenges: Provisioning universal access to electricity

17 Sep 2018 | TERI Web Desk

Bridging the electricity access gap has necessitated innovation in terms of product design, business models, service delivery systems, tariffs, financial instruments, and capacity building strategies

Right to clean environment has emerged as a new human right in India: Dr Ajay Mathur

12 Sep 2018 | TERI Web Desk

The Director General, TERI, gave a public address on 'Clean environment as a Human Right: Exploring synergies between the environment, SDGs, and human rights' at the Silver Jubilee Lecture of the NHRC, in New Delhi on 10th September

How safe is the water that is supplied in our homes?

11 Sep 2018 | Mr Anshuman

Understanding groundwater contamination in India - Conversation with Anshuman, Associate Director, Water Resources, TERI

Delhi and Pune municipal solid waste treatment plants – learnings for other cities

11 Sep 2018 | Mr Sourabh Manuja

TERI recently implemented a project in partnership with Climate and Clean Air Coalition (waste initiative) to reduce Short-Lived Climate Pollutants (SLCPs) from the municipal solid waste sector.