Opinion

Public trust key to India’s nuclear push

29 Aug 2025 |

| Mr K Ramanathan and Dr Arunendra Kumar Tiwari, TERI.

| The Tribune

Radioactive waste, with its millennia-long hazard profile, is a persistent worry, write Mr K Ramanathan, Distinguished Fellow and Dr Arunendra Kumar Tiwari, Associate Fellow, Electricity & Renewables Division, TERI.

Can India Take the Lead in Green Steel?

28 Aug 2025 |

| Mr Will Hall

| Outlook Business

India's booming steel sector, low-cost renewables and green hydrogen push create a unique opportunity to pioneer competitive green steel technologies at scale, writes Mr Will Hall, Visiting Fellow, Industrial Energy Efficiency Division, TERI.

Global REDD+ standards fail local forests

20 Aug 2025 |

Mr Sayanta Ghosh

Dr Jitendra Vir Sharma

| Mongabay India

Unlocking India’s REDD+ potential would channel climate finance into one of the most diverse forest estates, benefiting millions of forest-dependent people and meeting climate goals, write Mr Sayanta Ghosh, Associate Fellow and Dr Jitendra Vir Sharma, Senior Director, Land Resources Division, TERI.

Global climate failure: COP30 must push developed nations on mitigation

19 Aug 2025 |

| Mr Nitin Desai

| Business Standard

At COP 30 this November, the primary goal must be to increase pressure on developed countries to move faster and more credibly on climate mitigation, writes Mr Nitin Desai, Chairman, TERI.

Rivers have a right to flow

08 Aug 2025 |

| Dr SK Sarkar, TERI and Dr Girija K Bharat, Mu Gamma Consultants

| The Statesman

With rising urbanization, unregulated development, and outdated flood management strategies, the damage caused by floods has intensified posing severe threats to human lives, infrastructure and the environment, write Dr SK Sarkar, Distinguished Fellow, Water Resources Division, TERI and Dr Girija K Bharat, Managing Director, Mu Gamma Consultants.

Delhi’s Russian oil dilemma

04 Aug 2025 |

Mr Saswata Chaudhury

| 360 Info.org

Indian refiners are at high risk due to US penalty threats and the EU's new sanctions on exports made from Russian crude, writes Dr Saswata Chaudhury, Senior Fellow, Energy Assessment & Modelling Division, TERI.

Powering Viksit Bharat: The new solar frontier

31 Jul 2025 |

Mr Ajay Shankar

| ET EnergyWorld

India's power regulation is not just cutting costs-it's reshaping the roadmap to a fossil-free, developed economy writes, Mr Ajay Shankar, Distinguished Fellow, Electricity and Renewables Division, The Energy and Resources Institute (TERI).

India needs a mines-to-magnets strategy for rare earths

31 Jul 2025 |

| Ms Mrunali Tembhurne; Mr Souvik Bhattacharjya, TERI

| 360 Info.org

India’s rare earth strategy must combine developing domestic capabilities with global alliances, R&D investments, waste recovery, strategic stockpiling and an enabling industrial policy, write Ms Mrunali Tembhurne, Associate Fellow and Mr Souvik Bhattacharjya, Director, Resource Efficiency & Governance Division, TERI.

One rain, many failures: What drowns Delhi-NCR every year

29 Jul 2025 |

Mr Shri Prakash

Ms Shiren Pandita

| The Tribune

Urban flooding in Delhi-NCR is not just about rainfall intensity; it is a direct outcome of how the region has grown, write Mr Shri Prakash, Distinguished Fellow; Ms Shiren Pandita, Associate Fellow, Transport and Urban Governance Division, TERI.

Groundwater management requires deep relook

25 Jul 2025 |

Dr Syamal Kumar Sarkar

| The Hindu Business Line

The existing legal framework does not visualise groundwater as a common property resource, writes Dr Syamal Kumar Sarkar, Distinguished Fellow, Water Resources Division,TERI.