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Kaizzen partners with TERI for World Sustainable Development Summit 2022
24 Jan 2022
| Exchange 4 Media
WSDS is TERI's annual flagship event, which will be virtually held from 16-18 February 2022. The umbrella theme of the year is 'Towards a Resilient Planet: Ensuring a Sustainable and Equitable Future'.
Read moreRR Rashmi: 'If we don’t adopt technology or other sources of energy, meeting targets will be problematic'
22 Jan 2022
| The Indian Express
In this article, Mr R R Rashmi, Distinguished Fellow and Programme Director, Earth Science and Climate Change division, TERI, discusses how climate mitigation pledges would fall flat without climate finance and the absence of strategies in developed countries.
Read moreIn a flux over smog towers
19 Jan 2022
| The Hindu
According to Ms Anju Goel, Fellow, TERI, the air closest to the tower should be the cleanest because it sucks in the dirty air from the top of the tower and releases filtered air near the surface through fans on the sides of the tower.
Read moreTERI and EDF launch catalogue of Indian Emission Inventory reports
14 Jan 2022
| Construction Week
The 'Catalogue of Indian Emission Inventory Reports' will give policy-makers and scientists an open-source one-stop snapshot for referring published emission inventory reports.
Read moreDelhi's PM2.5 Emissions Came Down by 22% in 2019 Against 2016: TERI Report
24 Dec 2021
| The Weather Channel
Despite the growth in contributing sectors, PM2.5 emissions for Delhi have decreased by 22% in 2019 as compared to 2016. This is due to the closure of the Badarpur station, the introduction of Euro-IV standards across India, a ban on 10-year-old diesel vehicles, construction of eastern and western peripheral highways, and shift of industries to CNG. This was stated by TERI in its latest report on the cost-effectiveness of interventions for the control of air pollution in Delhi.
Read more75% of adolescents in East Delhi feel breathlessness, finds study
20 Sep 2021
| The Times of India
According to TERI report, titled "PM2.5 in ecologically different districts in India:characteristics and health effects," around 75% of adolescents aged between 14 and 17 years in east Delhi complained of breathlessness.
Read moreDelhi: Building sites could be fined, shut under new dust rules
04 Aug 2021
| The Times of India
A Dust Management Committee, comprising of experts from IIT Delhi, TERI and Delhi Pollution Control Committee has submitted a dust management plan to the Delhi government, under which warnings will be issued to the project proponent if the PM10 and PM2.5 levels at the site are more than 25% of the air quality readings at the nearest monitoring station.
Read moreGurugram: Gains lost? Farm fires spike after 3-year dip
13 Nov 2020
| The Times of India
According to data compiled between 2016 and 2020 by TERI, September this year was the worst since 2016 in terms of stubble burning cases recorded.
Read moreGurugram’s October air poorer than last year, but major pollutants saw a decline
05 Nov 2020
| The Times of India
The presence of major pollutants is low this year because of the lockdown. High temperature combustion resulting from emission of vehicles, power plants, DG sets and industries are the prime sources of nitrogen oxide in the air. But fortunately, a lower number of vehicles and factories were operating this year, said Mr Sumit Sharma, Director, Earth Science and Climate Change, TERI.
Read moreHow to control crackers? Ban sale to individuals: TERI
14 Nov 2019
| The Times of India
TERI has recommended a ban on sale of crackers to individuals. A fixed quota of firecrackers could be given to RWAs to make Diwali a community-level activity, thereby reducing emission of pollutants.
Read moreSources and factors influencing air pollution
22 Aug 2019
| The Hindu
At the India Clean Air Summit 2019, Dr Sumit Sharma, Director, Earth Science and Climate Change, TERI, mentioned how different scientific tools can help design accurate strategies to deal with air pollution.
Read moreGhugus air most toxic in Maharashtra: Study
05 Aug 2019
| The Times of India
According to The Status of Maharashtra 2018-19 prepared by TERI for the Maharashtra Pollution Control Board, Pune is the third-most polluted in the state when it comes to deadly pollutants like benzene and sulphur dioxide SO2 .
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