May 29, 2026
To address the urgent need for aligning commercial capital with sustainable development, The Energy and Resources Institute (TERI) launched a forward-looking discussion paper titled, A Five Pillar Framework for Bankability: Recalibrating India’s Commercial Finance for Climate Action.
Authored by Mr Sidharth Sinha (Senior Fellow, TERI) and Dr Manish Kumar Shrivastava (Associate Director, TERI), the paper draws on extensive consultations with commercial banks, regulators, development finance institutions, and policy experts.
May 14, 2026
The scope of this ongoing project focuses on conducting the First Spring Census of potential springs across Manipur in accordance with the national spring census guidelines. The work involves systematic identification, geo-tagging, and documentation of springs to establish a baseline inventory capturing their spatial distribution, typology, discharge characteristics, seasonal variability, and usage patterns.
May 14, 2026
About the Project
TERI is implementing a research project that seeks to protect and revitalise traditional land-use systems while opening new livelihood pathways for indigenous communities in Nagaland.Funded by the Japan Fund for Global Environment (JFGE) and implemented in partnership with Value Network Ventures (VNV) and the Mountains to Mangroves (MTM) Programme, the project draws inspiration from the global Satoyama Initiative.The project is being implemented in the villages of Sukhai, Kivikhu, and Ghukhuyi in Zunheboto District, Nagaland
April 6, 2026
This brief summarizes the findings of the Responsible Agri-PV Baseline Assessment conducted by The Energy and Resources Institute (TERI) under the Responsible Energy Initiative (REI) India. The study examines an institutional agrivoltaics (Agri-PV) pilot implemented by Renkube Pvt. Ltd. in collaboration with Professor Jayashankar Telangana State Agricultural University (PJTSAU).
The primary focus of this assessment is to evaluate the feasibility of co-locating solar power generation with active agriculture in the semi-arid, water-stressed conditions typical of Telangana.
December 12, 2025
The 30th annual meeting of the Conference of the Parties (COP30) to the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC) and 7th meeting of the CMA1 convened in Belém from 10- 22 November 2025. This marked a decade since the adoption of the Paris Agreement in 2015. The Brazilian presidency framed the meeting as the “Global Mutirão”, a collective effort to move from commitments to implementation. It approached its leadership by prioritising partnerships not only among countries but also with institutional actors within and beyond UNFCCC.
November 11, 2025
The world remains off-track to meet the goals of the Paris Agreement, with global temperature rise projected to exceed 2.5°C by the end of the century. The existing structure of global climate governance is widely regarded inadequate to deliver the pace and scale of transformation that science demands.
