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Ongoing Projects
MEOR: Recovering Oil from Stripper Wells
December 27, 2017
| Microbes
Ageing oil wells are a growing challenge for the global oil industry. As reservoirs deplete, declining pressure reduces oil flow, leaving many wells classified as stripper wells, low-producing assets nearing the end of their economic life. Despite this, substantial residual oil remains trapped in these reservoirs. Conventional recovery methods are costly (USD 140,000–200,000 per well) and increasingly ineffective at higher depths and temperatures.
Process Monitoring under Rejuvenating Watersheds for Agricultural Resilience through Innovative Development (REWARD) Project
December 27, 2017
| Land
The REWARD project by the Watershed Development Department of Karnataka, supported by the World Bank, promotes climate-smart agriculture through scientific watershed development. Launched in 2021–22 and running until 2026–27, it covers 20 lakh hectares across 21 districts, with focused interventions on 1 lakh hectares. The project integrates production, processing, post-harvest management, and marketing while supporting landless individuals and women.
Development of High Resolution, Dynamic Regional Emissions Inventory for Delhi National Capital Region
December 27, 2017
| Air
Air pollution in the Delhi National Capital Region (NCR) remains a critical challenge to public health and environmental sustainability. With particulate matter (PM) levels often exceeding national standards by up to four times, there is an urgent need for precise, actionable data.
Mapping Policies and Stakeholders on Climate Adaptation for Crop-Based Systems in the Global South
December 27, 2017
| Resource Efficiency & Governance
Climate change posed a serious challenge to the agriculture systems not only given its implications for food security and livelihoods but also given the current agrarian distress characterized by declining growth rates in yield, depleting soil fertility, and receding groundwater resources, rising cultivation costs, and inflation.
Enabling Cities to Implement Innovative Sustainable Urban Solutions
December 27, 2017
| Sustainable Habitat
| Climate Change
India is on the cusp of urbanisation with around 34% of the country’s population currently living in cities and a rate of urbanisation higher than most South Asian countries. By 2030, it is expected that 40% of India’s population will be living in urban areas, contributing to more than two-thirds of the country’s gross domestic product (GDP). High rates of urbanisation, industrialisation, and economic development are exerting significant pressure on civic services and infrastructure across cities in India.
Air Pollution Source Apportionment Study at Kanhia Open Cast Coal Mine Area, Odisha
December 27, 2017
| Air
Kaniha Open Cast Coal mine is located in Talcher coalfields of Odisha in the District Angul and is being operated by Mahanadi Coalfields Limited, which is a subsidiary of Coal India Limited. Mining Lease Area of the Kaniha Opencast Coal mine is 718 ha with production capacity of 14 million ton per annum.
Study on the future carbon market in India
December 27, 2017
| Energy Efficiency
The main objectives are to: • Organise a series of interviews with Indian CDM project participants TERI would arrange 5-6 meetings (online zoom) with Indian CDM project participants. Project participants would be nominated after consultation with IGES. • Analyse views on the future CDM market in India.
Environmental consultancy for Diesel Locomotive Emission Standards Project for Indian Railways
December 27, 2017
| Climate Change
| Environment
The objective of the project was to develop emission standards for PM and gaseous pollutants from diesel locomotives.
Climate policy assessment and Mitigation Modelling to Integrate national and global Transition pathways (COMMIT)
December 22, 2017
| Environment
The Paris Agreement's central aim is to strengthen the global response to the threat of climate change by keeping global temperature increase well below 2 degrees Celsius above pre-industrial levels and to pursue efforts to limit it even further to 1.5 degrees Celsius. In order to develop these strategies, scientific input on emission reduction potentials is needed not only at the country level but also at the global level to put national emissions pathways into the context of the global climate goal.