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India enhanced ambitions when world seeing less action on climate change: Experts

04 Aug 2022
| The Hindu

Mr R. R. Rashmi, Distinguished Fellow, TERI, said the decision by India to update its NDCs is in line with the Prime Minister's Glasgow announcements.

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India is reinventing its energy strategy—and the climate may depend on it

15 Jul 2022
| National Geographic Magazine

As the changing climate sparked increasing alarm in the mid-2000s, India became more willing to search for solutions. There was a growing feeling that we need to go beyond ascribing blame, said Mr R. R. Rashmi, Distinguished Fellow, TERI.

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Mumbai turns to Twitter for help mapping India's monsoon floods

04 Jul 2022
| Thomson Reuters Foundation

Crowdsourcing information can validate forecasts, help tweak predictions and improve relief and rescue operations, "he said, adding that information garnered on social media could also be fed into historical data sets, said Mr Prasoon Singh, Fellow, Earth Science and Climate Change Division, TERI.

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CM meets with Director General, Dr Vibha Dhawan of The Energy & Resources Institute (TERI)

23 Jun 2022
| Goa News Hub

A delegation of TERI representatives along with the Director General Dr Vibha Dhawan had a meeting with the Chief Minister of Goa to brief him about TERI’s activities in various field of sustainable research, which could be implemented for the betterment of Goa such as renewable energy, climate change.

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Delhi: Pragati Maidan Road Project to cut Co2 emissions by 12,400 tonnes/year

20 Jun 2022
| The Times of India

An analysis by TERI shows that the Pragati Maidan Integrated Road Project, which was inaugurated by the Prime Minister recently, will reduce Carbon dioxide emissions by around 12,400 tonnes each year.

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SMEs should be given soft loans to go green: TERI chief

04 Jun 2022
| Deccan Herald

Dr Vibha Dhawan, Director-General, TERI spoke on how people's perception on climate change has evolved and whether enough money is available on the table for adaptation and mitigation works.

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India's Net-Zero Goal Struggles For Lack Of Qualified Climate Change Experts

28 May 2022
| Outlook India

Companies are looking at technical skills such as energy audits, waste management, policy advocacy and compliance. Sustainability requires both hard skills and soft skills, says Dr Shailly Kedia, Senior Fellow and Associate Director, Sustainable Development and Outreach Division, TERI .

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The deadly heat wave frying India and Pakistan

21 May 2022
| The Week

Ms Suruchi Bhadwal, Director, Earth Science and Climate Change Division, TERI observed that when the temperatures started rising and stayed consistently high, it wasn't predicted." This wave is also spread "out over a much larger area, covering most of the landmass across Pakistan and India instead of concentrating in a few pockets.

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Heatwaves: A vicious climate change circle

13 May 2022
| Forbes India

Ms Suruchi Bhadwal, Director, Earth Science and Climate Change Division, TERI explains that it may take decades to undergo the transition because, the current infrastructure is also structured in terms of the use of the traditional fuels that are being used.

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