Publications

From Theory to Action: Implementing Just Transition in Coal Regions

Article
| December 24, 2025

As India moves towards a low-carbon future, delivering a just transition in coal-dependent regions demands actionable, evidence-based pathways. This article aims to examine the gap between theory and on-ground realities, highlighting what is needed to make the transition fair and sustainable.

Clean Air, Choked Finance: Why India's War on Air Pollution is Running Out of Cash

Article
| December 15, 2025

This article explores the landscape of clean air finance in India, highlighting key national and international funding sources, funding gaps, challenges, and potential pathways forward.

The Belém Package Recasting Ambition, Equity, and Finance in the Next Phase of Climate Action: A COP30 Debriefing Paper

Policy brief
| December 12, 2025

The 30th annual meeting of the Conference of the Parties (COP30) to the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC) and 7th meeting of the CMA1 convened in Belém from 10- 22 November 2025. This marked a decade since the adoption of the Paris Agreement in 2015. The Brazilian presidency framed the meeting as the “Global Mutirão”, a collective effort to move from commitments to implementation. It approached its leadership by prioritising partnerships not only among countries but also with institutional actors within and beyond UNFCCC.

Coastal Blue Carbon in Practice: The Need for a User Manual

Article
| December 4, 2025

Blue carbon refers to the organic carbon captured and stored by coastal ecosystems such as mangroves, tidal salt marshes, and seagrass meadows. These habitats sequester excess CO₂ in their biomass and soil for centuries, playing a vital role in mitigating climate change while supporting coastal resilience and biodiversity.

Hydrogen Rotary Kilns for Ironmaking in India

Research Paper
| November 21, 2025

India’s iron and steel sector faces a significant challenge in decarbonizing over the coming decades, necessitating new technological solutions. A unique hurdle is India’s vast sector of small-scale sponge iron producers, who largely rely on coal-based rotary kilns to produce direct reduced iron (DRI).The paper, ‘Hydrogen Rotary Kilns for Ironmaking in India: A novel solution for decarbonizing small-scale ironmaking,’ outlines a promising technological route for this segment of the industry.

Reimagining Resilient Indian Cities: Building Flood-Ready Futures

Article
| November 21, 2025

Resilient infrastructure and finance systems require strong governance and integrated planning.

BIPV in Action: Global Climate Case Study Compendium

Policy brief
| November 20, 2025

TERI, under the consortium of the International Solar Alliance (ISA), University of Applied Sciences and Arts of Southern Switzerland (SUPSI), Arconsol, and Sunappeal, developed a Global Climate Case Study Compendium on Building-Integrated Photovoltaics (BIPV), unveiled at COP30. This landmark publication showcases real-world BIPV projects across diverse climate zones, offering insights into design, technology, and policy innovations for sustainable urban energy transitions.

Forest Pathshaala: Adivasi Children and the Ecologies of Knowledge

Article
| November 12, 2025

This article hopes to recognize the pedagogical richness of indigenous education, to remind us that classrooms are not too different from canopies, that the Yamuna flows in the same way as the Mahanadi and the Moyar, and that education can also flow through story and lore. Not as nostalgia – but as knowledge that matters. Equally.

Strengthening Multilateralism on the Road to COP33 and Beyond

Policy brief
| November 11, 2025

The world remains off-track to meet the goals of the Paris Agreement, with global temperature rise projected to exceed 2.5°C by the end of the century. The existing structure of global climate governance is widely regarded inadequate to deliver the pace and scale of transformation that science demands.

Re-anchoring CBDR-RC in Human Development and SDGs for Climate Justice

Policy brief
| November 7, 2025

DownloadThe year 2015 marked a pivotal moment for global sustainability with the adoption of the Paris Agreement and the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development.