Opinion
Transforming urban commute: Growing influence of aggregators in the mobility sector
23 Jun 2023 |
| Ms Akshaya Paul | Ms Viral Joshi
| The Financial Express
For safe and comfortable ride, aggregators provide various features such as real-time tracking, cashless payments, ratings and more says Ms Akshaya Paul and Ms Viral Joshi, Research Associates, Transport and Urban Governance Division, TERI.
A distressing correlation between climate-related shocks and the prevalence of child marriage
22 Jun 2023 |
| Ms Aerica Rishiraj, Research Intern, TERI; Mr Raktimava Bose, TERI and Mr Omar Raad Chowdhury, SANEM
| The Business Standard
Climate change is often discussed in terms of rising sea levels, extreme weather events and threats to food security. But another devastating consequence of our warming planet that often goes overlooked is its impact on child marriages. This is more evident in Bangladesh, which is prone to various natural disasters induced by climate change, write Ms Aerica Rishiraj, Research Intern, TERI; Mr Raktimava Bose, Associate Fellow, Energy Assessment and Modelling Division, TERI and Mr Omar Raad Chowdhury, Research Associate at South Asian Network on Economic Modeling (SANEM), Dhaka, Bangladesh.
The visible hand
19 Jun 2023 |
Mr Nitin Desai
| Business Standard
Government intervention is not a suitable way of shaping investment and technology choices says Mr Nitin Desai, Chairman, The Energy and Resources Institute.
Regulatory initiatives for water conservation
15 Jun 2023 |
Dr Syamal Kumar Sarkar
| The Hindu Business Line
Schemes for water conservation must involve consultation with stakeholders, policymakers and water managers says Dr Syamal Kumar Sarkar, Distinguished Fellow, Water Resources Division, TERI.
The necessity of electricity distribution companies
10 Jun 2023 |
Mr Ajay Shankar
| The Hindu
The idea of dispensing with the Discoms and letting the free market solve the problems of the power sector appears deceptively simple and attractive, writes Mr Ajay Shankar, Distinguished Fellow, TERI.
Aluminium will fast-track journey to net zero
07 Jun 2023 |
Dr Vibha Dhawan
| The Hindu Business Line
The versatile metal is being increasingly deployed across manufacturing sectors to lower the carbon footprint says Dr Vibha Dhawan, Director General, TERI
A funding solution for developing nations’ climate challenge
26 May 2023 |
Mr Manjeev Singh Puri
| The Indian Express
Global multilateral development banks can help direct private capital in the developed world for green projects in developing countries says Mr Manjeev Singh Puri, Distinguished Fellow, Earth Science and Climate Change Division TERI and former Ambassador and lead climate negotiator.
Giving momentum to decentralised solar power generation
15 May 2023 |
Mr Ajay Shankar
| ET Energyworld
A simple approach would be to announce a price at which the Distribution Company would buy solar power in the Kw range, is worth considering for boosting decentralised solar, writes Mr Ajay Shankar, Distinguished Fellow, TERI.
Vehicle Scrappage: Ring out old vehicles for green road transport
06 May 2023 |
Dr Asha Ram Sihag
| Ms Akshaya Paul
| The Financial Express
The automobile sector is a raw material intensive hard-to-abate sector making it a natural candidate for implementing circularity on the road to net-zero in 2070 says Dr Asha Ram Sihag, Distinguished Fellow, Resource Efficiency and Governance Division, TERI and former Secretary, Ministry of Heavy Industries, Government of India and Ms Akshaya Paul, Research Associate, Transport and Urban Governance Division, TERI.
Our rivers have rights
01 May 2023 |
| Dr Syamal Kumar Sarkar, TERI and Dr Girija Bharat, Founder Director, Mu Gamma Consultants
| The Hindu Business Line
Rivers are valuable natural sources for drinking water, provide sediments to floodplains, valley, and contribute to the rich biodiversity. They are contributors of ground water recharge to acquirers and interconnect the ecological and hydrological systems. They include different orders of streams and their catchments. They have a right to life, which needs protection write Dr Syamal Kumar Sarkar, Distinguished Fellow, Water Resources Division, TERI and Dr Girija Bharat is the Founder Director of Mu Gamma Consultants, Gurugram.