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Much more needs to be done to improve natural gas availability and facilitate a move towards a greener energy system, says Mr Siddharth Singh, Research Associate, Green Growth and Resource Efficiency division, TERI.
The policy of village grouping for insurgency control and the new land use policy has shifted the tide of development in Mizoram, says Dr Yogesh Gokhale, Fellow, Earth Science and Climate Change Division, TERI.
Being capital intensive and associated with lower generation levels, renewable energy projects require promotional efforts to make them competitive with conventional energy-based projects, says Mr Sapan Thapar, Fellow, Department of Energy & Environment, TERI University.
The experience of forestry clean development mechanism projects has been far from satisfactory, says Dr Ashish Aggarwal, Fellow, Earth Science and Climate Change Division, TERI.
India's quest for cooperation with hydro-rich countries beyond the borders has assumed added importance in context of the share of hydropower in the country's energy mix, says Mr K Ramanathan, Distinguished Fellow, Industrial Energy Efficiency Division, TERI.
We must adopt measures that improve air quality without compromising on economic and personal growth, says Mr Sumit Sharma, Fellow, Earth Science and Climate Change Division, TERI.
Only if the government is willing to invest in public transport massively, can there be a sustainable transport system in place, say Mr S Sundar, Distinguished Fellow, Sustainable Habitat Division and Mr Sumit Sharma, Fellow, Earth Science and Climate Change Division, TERI.
Prime Minister Narendra Modi's visit to Bangladesh raises a hope for a step forward in the resolution of the long--pending Teesta water--sharing issue with Bangladesh, say Dr S K Sarkar, Distinguished Fellow, Water Resources division, TERI.
The journey so far on the development path has become clearly unsustainable and needs a drastic change towards improving resource efficiency and bringing to use low carbon technologies for sustainable and inclusive development, says Mr Shri Prakash, Distinguished Fellow, Sustainable Habitat division, TERI.
World Environment Day is an opportunity to identify solutions for re-engineering our consumer culture, says Dr Shilpi Kapur, Fellow, Green Growth and Resource Efficiency division, TERI.