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Aluminium cans most sustainable: TERI study

13 Sep 2022
| The Times of India

A recent study by TERI has concluded that aluminium cans are the most sustainable form of beverage packaging when compared to other packaging materials such as polyethylene terephthalate (PET), glass and multi-layer plastic.

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Beverage packaging needs to adopt aluminium to cut carbon footprint

08 Sep 2022
| Deccan Herald

Except for aluminium cans, all beverage packaging materials are adding tonnes of waste to the environment due to their poor potential for recycling, as per a new study by TERI which bats for incentivising sustainable packaging amid concerns about global warming.

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Hon'ble Governor of Uttar Pradesh Anandiben Patel calls for Youth to be Ambassadors for Sustainable Development

17 Dec 2021
| ANI News

The SDG Report 2021, released by the Hon'ble Governor of Uttar Pradesh Anandiben Patel, is the culmination of outstanding efforts by TERI, Trust Legal and Mazars to create a new dimension for promoting sustainable development.

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Ladies of the Land

24 Jan 2021
| The Telegraph

Manish Anand of Delhi's The Energy and Resources Institute has co-authored a paper on enhancing the role of women in agriculture and allied activities and providing them institutional support.

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India proposes overhaul of mining sector amid concerns over legality and social impact

03 Sep 2020
| Mongabay

According to Mr S Vijay Kumar, Distinguished Fellow, TERI, who has also been the secretary of the mines ministry, in India, auctioning of mineral concessions was introduced only in 2015, and it is not global best practice and it does not incentivise high-risk venture capital that is needed for exploration at depth for many of the metals we now need, like base metals.

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TERI proposes Rs 40-lakh cr Green Stimulus to revive growth, jobs

26 Aug 2020
| ET Energy World

TERI has released a discussion paper on 'A Fiscally Responsible Green Stimulus' to revive the Indian economy by creating demand and jobs with policy and regulatory interventions using minimal government spending.

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Include national plastic recycling fund, R&D support for zero carbon tech in upcoming Budget: TERI

13 Jan 2020
| The Economic Times

In a meeting held with Union Finance Minister Ms Nirmala Sitharaman recently, Dr Ajay Mathur, Director General of TERI, recommended that resource efficiency, waste management and decarbonisation of the economy need to be the key drivers of India's green strategy.

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Digital economy has emerged as the key driver for global economic growth

07 Nov 2019
| United News of India

The theme for the 6th edition of ICDL is "Digital Transformation for an Agile Environment" and the three-day event will focus on digital library and research, and digital transformation for Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs).

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Incentivising private sector crucial for mining and mineral exploration: TERI

16 Sep 2019
| ET Energy World

Given the complex and widespread nature of regulatory deficit in the mining sector, the time has come to create independent Mining Regulatory Authorities and Tribunals.

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Intensive irrigation, chemical use add to land degradation

16 Aug 2019
| The Hindu Business Line

"Perverse incentives" such as free power for groundwater pumping, nitrogenous fertiliser subsidy, minimum support price only for a few crops, which influences crop choice, may be causing degradation of farmlands, according to TERI Base Paper on land degradation.

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TERI pitches for resource efficiency to minimise environmental degradation

16 Apr 2019
| The Times of India

TERI has submitted a report on resource use efficiency to environment ministry, suggesting use of 6R (reduce, reuse, recycle, redesign, re-manufacture and refurbish) principle to reduce the country's heavy dependence of imported scrap and minimise environmental degradation.

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