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The extraordinary heat wave in India and Pakistan, explained
11 May 2022
| Vox
South Asia's heat wave is unusual because it’s happening much earlier in the season than normal, before summer weather typically sets in, so it caught people off guard. Ordinarily, there is a slow increase of temperatures in the summers; when the temperatures started rising and stayed consistently high, it was not predicted, observed Ms Suruchi Bhadwal, Director, Earth Science and Climate Change Division, TERI.
Read moreFloating solar: A small but vital role for India's sunrise sector
11 May 2022
| The Third Pole
India's reservoirs cover 18,000 square kilometres with the potential to support 280 GW of floating solar, according to a report by TERI.
Read moreIndia's early heat wave has major implications for agriculture
10 May 2022
| PBS News Hour
No country is spared from the ill effects of the consequences of climate change, whether it's floods, or cyclones, or tornadoes, or storm surges or heat waves, observes Ms Suruchi Bhadwal, Director, Earth Science and Climate Change Division, TERI.
Read moreGlobal Warning: Extreme weather conditions are sweeping large parts of the world
08 May 2022
| Financial Express
Due to intensification of climate change, the traditional global circulation pattern, such as the jet stream in the northern hemisphere, is expected across the planet, leading to more frequent and intense extreme climate events, according to says Mr Santosh Kumar Muriki, Associate Fellow, Earth Science and Climate Change Division, TERI.
Read moreAir is bad outside? You might not know that it’s probably bad inside as well.
05 May 2022
| Science The Wire
Regulating indoor air quality is "very important" but developing a framework will be challenging, Mr R Suresh, Senior Fellow and area convenor of the Centre for Environment Studies in TERI, said.
Read moreBengaluru behind Delhi in EV adoption, finds study
04 May 2022
| Deccan Herald
Researchers from TERI selected two big cities - New Delhi and Bengaluru - and two smaller ones - Guwahati and Panaji - to understand the factors that influence EV adoption and deployment at the city level.
Read moreWhy reducing size of Delhi’s garbage mountains is easier said than done
04 May 2022
| The Indian Express
While remediating landfills, waste processing infrastructure needs to be strengthened so that no organic waste reaches the landfill site, said Dr Suneel Pandey, Director of the Environment and Waste Management Division, TERI.
Read moreClimate scientists say South Asia's heat wave (120F!) is a sign of what's to come
03 May 2022
| NPR
Ms Suruchi Bhadwal, Director of Earth Science and Climate Change Division, TERI, says that the disappointing wheat harvest may be an omen of what' to come, if countries don't do everything within their power to cut carbon emissions and limit warming to below 2-degrees Celsius, in line with United Nations recommendations.
Read moreIndia peers over climate change precipice
03 May 2022
| The New Statesman
Dr Vibha Dhawan, Director-General, TERI, believes the will to decarbonise exists in India, but there needs to be more financing for sustainable initiatives and a more open transfer of technology.
Read moreAutomakers' Green H2 Challenge
01 May 2022
| Outlook Business
Green hydrogen will be useful wherever renewable electricity is not a substitute for fossil fuels. For shipping, aviation, long-distance heavy-duty trucks, manufacturing of fertilisers, cement and steel, it can be the substitute for fossil fuels and the way to net zero. But, for railways, automobiles and other sectors that can be run on electricity, we do not need it, says Mr Ajay Shankar, Former Secretary to the Government of India and Distinguished Fellow, TERI.
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