Projects
YUVA (Youth Unite for Voluntary Action) Meet 2013
October 1, 2012 to May 31, 2013
| Completed Project
YUVA Meet is an anuual youth meet that provide college students and youth participants from across the world a platform to discuss, deliberate and debate on issuses related to Sustainable Development. The YUVA Meet 2013 will be held from 28-29 January 2013 at New Delhi on the theme, ‘Green Growth – Preparing Youth for Sustainable Living’.
Scoping Study on Fostering Resource Efficiency in India - A key for sustainable growth
September 15, 2012 to April 1, 2013
| Completed Project
The aim of the study was to understand the rationale and scope for promoting resource efficiency in India. The focus of the study was particularly on minerals and metals. The study looked into the current and future patterns of primary and secondary production and consumption of minerals and metals in India.
Knowledge x-change on Sustainable Development
September 3, 2012 to June 24, 2015
| Completed Project
| Water | Forest & Biodiversity | Waste | Air | Health & Nutrition | Environment | Energy | Climate Change | TERI Knowledge Resource Centre | Knowledge Repositories & Information Centre
The key objectives of KxSD are to:
Preparation of Project Identification Form (PIF) and Project Preparation Grant (PPG) Documents for the Demonstration and Promotion of Biomass-based Power Plants in Sierra Leone
August 7, 2012 to March 31, 2013
| Completed Project
The project activity is to describe the baseline power scenario in Sierra Leone and prepare the detailed product identification form (PIF) and project preparation grant (PPG) document for biomass power project promotion in Sierra Leone. The activity includes: Identification of the need for the project;
Fostering Community Forest Management in Nagaland
August 1, 2012 to April 24, 2014
| Completed Project
| Environment | Forest & Biodiversity
The project involves organisation of a sensitisation workshop at Kohima for officers, frontline staff and the community on REDD+, the organisation of a one week training and capacity building porgramme on REDD+ in New Delhi and the undertaking of an assessment for designing a field-level REDD+ project.
Resource use benchmarking and performance enhancement in selected Asian railway stations with comparative analysis of resource use
July 20, 2012 to January 31, 2013
| Completed Project
The project involves assessment of current resource consumption and use patterns by conducting energy, water, and waste audits in non-traction areas of the Indian Railway stations. Based on the data analysis from these audits, the baseline will be established.
Orientation courses on solar charging stations for senior officials of the LWE-affected districts
July 13, 2012 to November 24, 2012
| Completed Project
TERI will be conducting 5 one day workshops for senior district officials of the 60 LWE affected districts. The objectives are to sensitize them on operational and economic aspects of solar charging station thereby enabling them to replicate similar models in LWE districts. The workshops will be held in Patna, Bhopal, Ranchi, Bhubhneshwar and Raipur.
Sensitization, Education and Awareness on Recycling for a Cleaner Habitat
July 2, 2012 to May 31, 2013
| Completed Project
Project SEARCH is a school environment education programme that aims to raise awareness amongst school students, teachers, school community and the society at large on the issue of waste.
Relative Environment Economics of Natural Gas and other Fossil Fuels for Power Generation and Policy Options for India
June 18, 2012 to June 30, 2013
| Completed Project
This project will update an earlier work done by TERI for Petrofed. The relative power generation costs of coal and natural gas will be compared while accounting for the environmental implications of each fuel.
Identification of Win-Win Adaptation Options through Adaptation Metrics and Integrated Adaptation Decision-Making Frameworks
June 7, 2012 to April 23, 2013
| Completed Project
The current status of climate change adaptation is characterized by ad-hoc decision-making mechanisms without a means to measure the progress in adaptive capacity of people and systems under question. Effective adaptation is best achieved by knowing beforehand the possible impact of adaptation otpions on the adaptive capacity of the system under consideration.