Opinion

Food and nutritional security: Can science provide a helping hand?

28 Nov 2022 |
Dr Vibha Dhawan
| Dr Kiran Kumar Sharma
| Rising Kashmir

In the Indian context, since the late 1980s, the Government of India has given high priority and strong support to the development of agro-biotechnology in the country, write Dr Vibha Dhawan, Director General, TERI, and Dr Kiran Kumar Sharma, Programme Director, Sustainable Agriculture, TERI.

Why impact investing in social enterprises is the way forward for sustainable businesses

25 Nov 2022 |
| Mr Souvik Bhattacharjya, TERI; Ms Mahima Mall, TERI School of Advanced Studies
| ETEnergyworld

Impact investing in the social enterprises sector pursues the dual aims of providing net positive financial returns along with creating socio-economic value for the marginalized, and provides the promise of a future for sustainable businesses, write Mr Souvik Bhattacharjya, Senior Fellow and Associate Director, Resource Efficiency and Governance Division, TERI and Ms Mahima Mall, TERI School of Advanced Studies.

Governments must act decisively at COP27 to build a safer world for all

11 Nov 2022 |
| Dr Maria Mendiluce, We Mean Business, and Dr Vibha Dhawan, TERI
| Business Green

The needs of women and communities most vulnerable to climate change should be front and centre of negotiations in Sharm el Sheikh, writes We Mean Business CEO Dr Maria Mendiluce and TERI's Dr Vibha Dhawan.

COP-27: Payback time for rich nations

11 Nov 2022 |
Mr Ajay Shankar
| The Indian Express

The advanced industrial economies need to act now to decarbonise rapidly on a war footing. Their actions must match their rhetoric. That is the only hope to restrict global warming to 1.5 degrees, writes Mr Ajay Shankar, Distinguished Fellow, TERI.

How do we pay for climate change adaptation?

07 Nov 2022 |
Mr R R Rashmi
| 360 info

Loss and damage due to climate change is still an inexact science, so the controversy over the scale and nature of assistance for meeting loss and damage is likely, says Mr R R Rashmi, Distinguished Fellow, TERI.

COP27: How to fund the clean-up

06 Nov 2022 |
| Mr Dipak Dasgupta
| The Economic Times

Discussions at the high-level ministerial dialogue will centre on setting new long-term financial goals for 2025 and beyond says Mr Dipak Dasgupta, Distinguished Fellow, Earth Science and Climate Change Division, TERI

Vanuatu's big plea does little to arrest climate change

04 Nov 2022 |
Mr R R Rashmi
| The Hindu

Having a universal Non-Proliferation Treaty banning the use of fossil fuels globally would do very little to arrest the problem of climate change, writes Mr R R Rashmi, Distinguished Fellow, TERI.

Renewable energy interventions in Indian silk industry

01 Nov 2022 |
| Mr H H Ninga Setty and Ms Lasya Gopal
| Indian Silk, November-December 2022, Vol.14 (Old 62), No.4

In line with the global initiative for increased use of renewable energy sources for cleaner earth and also the India's ambitious target of generating 450 GW of renewable energy by 2030, there is a dire need to explore newer ways of reducing the use of conventional energy and increased use of renewable energy like the solar even in the silk production and processing activities says Mr H H Ninga Setty and Ms Lasya Gopal, researchers at TERI.