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Improving soil microorganisms for sturdier tea cultivation, come drought or flood

20 Dec 2018 | Dr Sushmita Gupta

TERI is working in Assam to reengineer plant root-associated microbes to make tea cultivation more resistant to biotic and abiotic challenges

An unexpected raid: A tale of communities and conservation from Nagaland

18 Dec 2018 | Mr Yatish A Lele

"Rules are rules; we shall definitely fine the offenders. The village council has set the rules and we all need to obey the same.

Does access to energy cause human development ? A Granger causality check

11 Dec 2018 | Dr Deborshi Brahmachari

Not many have looked into the causality between the percentage of a country’s population with energy access and the corresponding rise in its human development score

Green growth intervention and job creation

11 Dec 2018 | TERI Web Desk

Sufficiently skilled workers will be needed for employment in renewable energy and green building job markets in India

Unpacking the climate negotiations at COP24 – week 1

10 Dec 2018 | Mr R R Rashmi

The Energy and Resources Institute is attending the 24th Conference of the Parties (COP 24) in Katowice, Poland from 2nd to 14th December 2018. This is a summary of developments over the course of week 1, and an analysis of what can be expected for week 2.

A look at mining through the SDG lens

06 Dec 2018 | Mr S Vijay Kumar

Mr S Vijay Kumar, Distinguished Fellow, TERI, gave the keynote address at the Conference on Contemporary Mining Issues by the Mining Engineers Association of India (MEAI) in New Delhi

Reimagining the Role of the Chief Sustainability Officer

27 Nov 2018 | TERI Web Desk

Sustainability is a relatively new subject and the role of the Chief Sustainability Officer is newer still. The increase in regulations in the climate change space, need for non-financial business disclosures for investor organizations and the intensification of the international dialogue has made many organizations reposition the head of sustainability practice as a Chief Sustainability Officer (CSO).