COP 26: Will CDM regain focus?
June 9, 2021
| The Pioneer
The CDM is a flexible mechanism in the Kyoto Protocol (KP) that allows a developed country with an emission-reduction commitment to implement projects in developing countries where the cost of mitigation is lower. However, under the Paris Agreement implementation rules are yet to be framed. CDM has been the biggest issuer of carbon credits measured in certified emission reductions (CER), with almost 50 per cent issuances from projects in renewable energy, industrial gases and fugitive emissions. Several developing economies have already accumulated huge credits.
Defeating Cyclones | Let India’s west coast learn from its east
June 8, 2021
| Mr Saswat Dash
| Money Control
The world has been facing increasing impacts of tropical cyclones due to changing climate and India is no exception. Tropical cyclones form in certain favourable conditions, one of them being sea surface temperature (SST) reaching a particular threshold (28°C) or higher. Higher the SST, the quicker the storm amplifies and gets intense.
Has Climate Change Impacted Past and Present Pandemics?
June 5, 2021 |
June 5, 2021
News18
Many of the root causes of climate change also increase the risk of pandemics. Dr Souvik Bhattacharjya, Associate Director at the Resource Efficiency and Governance Division in TERI, said that when forests or natural habitats are destroyed, they can result in an outbreak of diseases.
Why We Need International Climate Change Litigations to Make Countries, Corporates Accountable
June 5, 2021 |
June 5, 2021
News18
Dr Souvik Bhattacharjya, Associate Director at the Resource Efficiency and Governance Division in TERI, pointed out that the Paris Agreement not only serves as a legal reference point in several domestic climate change litigations but is also a legally binding agreement in itself.
Economic Cost of Cyclones: How Can India Minimize the Mounting Losses of Tauktae, Amphan?
June 5, 2021 |
June 5, 2021
News18
In a recent interview Mr Saurabh Bhardwaj, Fellow and Area Convener, at Centre for Climate Modelling, TERI, explained the increasing erraticism of cyclone systems and ways to mitigate the impact of cyclones, thereby reducing economic losses.
Climate change forces Uttarakhand farmers to migrate
May 17, 2021 |
May 17, 2021
The Third Pole
According to recent study by the Germany-based Potsdam Institute for Climate Impact Research and TERI, populations of some higher-altitude districts in Uttarakhand have already dropped.
