Experts to frame climate action plan for Mumbai Metropolitan region
November 22, 2022 |
November 22, 2022
The Times of India
A climate action plan is being prepared for the Mumbai Metropolitan Region (MMR) to enable authorities to tackle potential challenges posed by the likelihood of floods and rising temperature. As per the Environment Impact Assessment report of 2015 prepared by TERI, approximately 671.2 sq.km (15%) of MMR's total area is covered with wetlands and water bodies.
TERI's Vibha Dhawan says switch to renewables gives India environment and economic advantage
November 17, 2022 |
November 17, 2022
The Financial Express
Speaking the FE Electric Mobility Summit, TERI Director General Dr Vibha Dhawan highlighted the challenges with respect to faster EV adoption in the country and how alternative tech can make a difference.
₹27k cr loss in 30 yrs in ecosystem services
November 17, 2022 |
November 17, 2022
The Times of India
Researchers from international climate research agency, Zero Carbon Analytics, estimate a loss of Rs 27,000 crore in "ecosystem services" of the Sundarban Biosphere Reserve in the last 30 years, over 80% of which is mangroves. Mr R R Rashmi, distinguished fellow, TERI, said if the money needed to mitigate the effects of climate change isn't found soon, the fragile ecosystem would get affected faster than we would be able to act.
Governments must act decisively at COP27 to build a safer world for all
November 11, 2022
| Dr Maria Mendiluce, We Mean Business, and Dr Vibha Dhawan, TERI
| Business Green
The climate emergency is the biggest and most complex challenge humanity faces. It cannot be solved in isolation from other crises. It must be resolved collectively, across public and private sectors and alongside communities. At COP27, countries need to come up with workable and effective funding solutions for adaptation and loss and damage. This must focus on those vulnerable communities – and the women within them – that have polluted the least and now suffer the most.
COP-27: Payback time for rich nations
November 11, 2022
| The Indian Express
At the ongoing COP 27 at Sharm El-Sheikh in Egypt, the IPCC has made it clear that climate catastrophe is unfolding. Global warming has already touched 1.1 degrees Celsius and extreme weather events are becoming more frequent and severe. The current commitments and policies of different nations will lead to a temperature rise of 2.8 degrees by the end of this century. The window of opportunity to restrict global warming to 1.5 degrees seems to be closing rapidly. To avert this, carbon emissions must come down 45 per cent by 2030 and touch net zero by 2050.
How do we pay for climate change adaptation?
November 7, 2022
| 360 info
The latest round of international climate change negotiations, COP27, is labelled the "Adaptation COP". The 2015 Paris Agreement recognizes that loss and damage arising from adverse impacts of climate change must be dealt with separately from adaptation. Loss and damage due to climate change is still an inexact science, so the controversy over the scale and nature of assistance for meeting loss and damage is likely.
