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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.

Climate 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.

Rising 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.

चिंताजनक रिपोर्ट: 1.9 डिग्री तक बढ़ जायेगा उत्तराखंड का तापमान, भारी बारिश लाएगी चमोली जैसी अनेकों आपदाएं

26 Mar 2021

| अमर उजाला

जर्मनी की पोस्टडैम इंस्टीट्यूट फॉर क्लाइमेट रिसर्च (PIK) और देश द एनर्जी एंड रिसोर्सेज इंस्टीट्यूट (TERI) के एक संयुक्त शोध में यह बात सामने आई है कि ग्लोबल वार्मिंग के तमाम कारकों के कारण उत्तराखंड के तापमान में 1.6 डिग्री से 1.9 डिग्री तक की बढ़ोतरी हो सकती है।

Is 'dynamic' Paris Agreement proving enough to combat climate change?

14 Dec 2020

| China Dialogue

Dr Ajay Mathur, Indian negotiator in Paris, Director-General of TERI and member of the Prime Minister's council on climate change, points to the Indian Nationally Determined Contribution - the country's Paris pledge - that at least 40% of electricity generation capacity would be non-fossil fuels by 2030.

Indian government forms national panel to drive Paris Agreement goals

02 Dec 2020

| Mongabay

The Government of India has formed a national-level committee for a coordinated approach to pursue the country’s climate change goals under the 2015 Paris Agreement. Mr R. R. Rashmi, a former senior climate change negotiator and Distinguished Fellow, TERI, believes that this panel will encourage inter-sectoral exchanges through a formal platform and help the government in deciding its approach to updating or enhancing the NDCs, on which a decision has to be taken before the next CoP.

India is the only G20 country which is on a track consistent to move the world to a 2-degree Celsius warming future, though not a 1.5-degree warming future, said Dr Ajay Mathur, Director-General, TERI.

India will exceed global warming target if it does not limit carbon emissions, according to G20's climate change report

18 Nov 2020

| Business Insider

The 2020 Climate Transparency Report is an annual collaboration between 14 think tanks, including TERI, and NGOs across G20 countries.

2020 could be turning point for climate change: TERI director-general Ajay Mathur

16 Sep 2020

| Hindustan Times

In an interview with the Hindustan Times newspaper, Dr Ajay Mathur, co-chair, ETC and Director General, The Energy and Resources Institute (TERI) said that it is possible that the global CO2 emissions have already peaked in 2019.

Guwahati gets an experimental flood warning system

07 Sep 2020

| The Third Pole

TERI, along with the National Disaster Management Authority, launched a fully automated web-based flood warning system for Guwahati.