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'Growth-mediated' development models need to incorporate qualitative transformations relevant to global commons such as climate change, biodiversity loss and land degradation, says Shailly Kedia, Associate Fellow, Green Growth and Development, TERI.
National Clean Energy Fund must be used ingeniously to provide a much-needed impetus to development, incubation, and demonstration of emerging renewable/clean energy technologies, says Mr Amit Kumar, Director, Renewable Energy and Technology Application, TERI.
We have to view urban and rural areas as complimentary to each other and this should reflect in policies, planning practices and investment decisions, says Dr Divya Sharma, Fellow, Sustainable Habitat Division, TERI.
India's performance in the Olympics is a matter of national pride that requires the involvement of all stakeholders, says Dr R K Pachauri, Director General, TERI.
Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) are discussed in the "The Future We Want" Outcome Document of the United Nations Conference on Sustainable Development (UNCSD) or Rio+20 that was held in Rio de Janeiro that year. During the Rio+20 consultative processes, SDGs were introduced in a proposal made by Guatemala, Colombia and Peru with some themes being food security, energy access, renewable energy, oceans, sustainable human settlements and water.
If India is to grow, our power system must be insulated from politicians and politics, says Prof S L Rao, Distinguished Fellow Emeritus, TERI.
To support the long term move towards deregulating diesel pricing, a clear and well-designed road-map for reforms is needed, says Anmol Soni and Anomitro Chatterjee, Research Associates, TERI.
The impacts of climate change exacerbate existing environmental and ecological stress, which Punjab and Haryana can hardly afford, says Dr R K Pachauri, Director General, TERI.
Recent announcements on diesel, and FDI in retail and aviation were long-overdue and hardly qualify as reforms, says Prof S L Rao, Distinguished Fellow Emeritus, TERI.
Amit Tandon, Project Officer, ADaRSH, discusses what goes in the construction of resource efficient buildings.