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Has Climate Change Impacted Past and Present Pandemics?
05 Jun 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.
Read moreWhy We Need International Climate Change Litigations to Make Countries, Corporates Accountable
05 Jun 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.
Read moreEconomic Cost of Cyclones: How Can India Minimize the Mounting Losses of Tauktae, Amphan?
05 Jun 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.
Read moreChennai’s water needs to touch 2,236.5 mld by 2025, says study by Mahindra-TERI Centre of Excellence
05 Jun 2021
| The Hindu
The study 'Water Sustainability Assessment of Chennai' highlights the potential water challenges in the Chennai Metropolitan Area.
Read moreDecline in water availability due to increase in human, cattle population: Prakash Javadekar
04 Jun 2021
| The Times of India
In his keynote address at the curtain raiser event of TERI's World Sustainable Development Summit (WSDS) 2022 and discussion on sustainable, equitable and resilient water use, Union environment minister Mr Prakash Javadekar said that new technologies must be used to ensure zero wastage of water.
Read moreE-waste: A Growing Problem
30 May 2021
| Business Today
According to Dr Suneel Pandey, Director, Environment & Waste Management division, TERI, even as legislation and rules have come a long way and evolved over time, bringing smaller players under the extended producer responsibility (EPR) net is a challenge and that is where the government needs to work on an incentive mechanism.
Read moreAccess is life
28 May 2021
| Environment of India
In an interview , Dr Debajit Palit, Director, Rural Energy and Livelihoods, TERI, explains one of India's great success stories, of almost universal electrification of households, as well as how far we have to go.
Read moreClimate change forces Uttarakhand farmers to migrate
17 May 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.
Read moreWater sustainability awards: A TERI-IWA initiative to celebrate efforts towards achievement of SDG on clean water and sanitation
06 May 2021
| India Education Diary
The Energy and Resources Institute (TERI) in partnership with International Water Association (IWA) has announced Water Sustainability Awards aiming to celebrate efforts towards water conservation.
Read moreMapping future hotspots of carbon dioxide emissions from mangrove loss
28 Apr 2021
| Mongabay
"Severe data limitations" need to be addressed if the role of blue carbon in meeting the targets of the Paris Agreement has to be robustly demonstrated, according to a recent policy brief on "Scope and Potential of Coastal Ecosystem Towards Mitigating Climate Change" authored by TERI.
Read moreRising temperature detrimental to India's manufacturing output: Study
27 Mar 2021
| Gaon Connection
A recent study has stated that the hill districts of Uttarakhand are at a greater risk from rising temperatures which is expected to result in forced migration of the local people. The study, conducted by Germany-based Potsdam Institute for Climate Research (PIK) and India's TERI, focuses on how climate change impacts, such as rising temperatures, increasing glacial melt, and changing rainfall patterns, could affect livelihoods and thereby shape migration patterns in the hill state.
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