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Will it be RIP for fossil fuel plants?
13 Jun 2021
| The Hindu Business Line
Dr Ritu Mathur, Director, Integrated Assessments and Modelling, TERI, points out that the country's energy demands are expected to at least double by 2050 as compared to 2020.
Read moreMahindra-TERI Centre of Excellence launches Chennai Water Sustainability Assessment Report
08 Jun 2021
| Construction Week Online
The Mahindra-TERI Centre of Excellence (CoE), a joint research initiative of Mahindra Lifespaces® and The Energy and Resources Institute (TERI), has launched a report highlighting the potential water challenges in Chennai Metropolitan Area (CMA).
Read moreTata Steel Foundation signs MoU with TERI for green school project
06 Jun 2021
| The Times of India
Tata Steel Foundation signed a memorandum of understanding with The Energy and Resources Institute (TERI) to launch the fourth phase of the green school project on World Environment day. The pact has been signed with an aim to sensitise school students towards environment protection.
The Times of IndiaHas 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.
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