Policy Brief
‘Air to Water’ technology - offering potential to achieve Water for All
28 Mar 2023
| Snehlata Tigala, Shresth Tayal, S K Sarkar
Emerging Role of Blue Finance in the Asia-Pacific Region
29 Oct 2021
| Ms Mani Juneja
The policy brief critically examines pathways in which the funding gap for implementing SDG 14 targets can be bridged, using tools such as well-defined regulatory framework and collective partnership.
Food and Land Resources: Incorporating Watershed-Based Approaches for Better Sustainability-Productivity Balance
04 Aug 2021
| Dr Lasya Gopal
| Dr Yogesh Gokhale
| Dr Mini Govindan
The overall purpose of watershed programmes is to enhance incomes, provide food security through sustainable agriculture and prudent management of natural resources. This directly corresponds to SDG 1 and 2, i.e. No poverty and Zero Hunger respectively. Cross-cutting issues such as gender and social equity in watershed management are pertinent to address SDGs.
TERI Advanced Oxidation Technology (TADOX) to treat textile and dyeing wastewater, achieve zero liquid discharge, and enhance water reuse: R&D-based policy recommendations
22 Mar 2021
| Dr Nupur Bahadur
The policy brief focuses on innovation in textile wastewater treatment with emphasis on integration of TADOX at secondary treatment stage or at pre-biological stage
Detecting SARS-COV-2 in wastewater An Early Warning Signal for Covid-19
10 Feb 2021
| Ms Mary Abraham
| Dr Paromita Chakraborty
| Ms Avanti Roy Basu
| Dr Girija K Bharat
The Policy Brief is a result of the research study titled ‘Monitoring of Community wastewater for early signaling the spread of COVID-19’, supported by the Swiss Agency for Development and Cooperation (SDC) jointly undertaken by The Energy and Resources Institute (TERI), SRM Institute of Science & Technology (SRMIST), & Mu Gamma Consultants Pvt Ltd (MGC).
Monitoring of community wastewater for early signalling the spread of COVID-19 in Chennai City
14 Dec 2020
| Ms Mary Abraham
| Dr Paromita Chakraborty
| Dr Girija K Bharat
| Ms Avanti Roy-Basu
Wastewater has emerged as a good indicator for the presence of SARS-CoV-2 as confirmed by several research studies across the globe through the detection of SARSCoV-2 Ribo Nucleic Acid (RNA) in faeces of symptomatic and asymptomatic patients.
Discussion Paper: Aligning India's Sanitation Policies with the SDGs
31 Jan 2020
| Dr Girija K Bharat
| Mr Nathaniel B Dkhar
| Ms Mary Abraham
Our paper dwells on the policies, programs of the 'sanitation' subsector and explores current government policies in India for the linkages with ‘sanitation’ component of the SDG 6 as well as their implications for the other SDGs.
Climate change impacts on Himalayan glaciers and implications on energy security of India
08 Nov 2019
| Dr Shresth Tayal
Critical policy interventions to fast forward micro irrigation in India
01 Aug 2019
| Mr Qazi Syed Wamiq Ali
| Mr Nathaniel B Dkhar
The increasing demand of water in agriculture, along with inefficient methods of irrigation, has aggravated the problems of water scarcity in India. There is a huge potential for micro irrigation systems (drip and sprinkler) to improve water efficiency in agriculture.
Drought Proofing India: Key Learnings from Bundelkhand Drought Mitigation Package
28 Feb 2019
| Dr J P Mishra, Adviser (Agriculture), NITI Aayog
| Dr Shresth Tayal, Fellow, TERI
Bundelkhand Drought Mitigation Package was implemented by erstwhile Planning Commission and now NITI Aayog in the 13 drought-prone districts of Bundelkhand region of Uttar Pradesh and Madhya Pradesh for reducing the adverse impacts of drought to the communities in the region. Bundelkhand package evolved with the consultation workshops held with the local stakeholders organised at village panchayat and district level. These workshops identified the key needs and shortlisted the key areas of interventions as expressed by the stakeholders.