Projects

Completed Projects

Scoping Study and Feasibility Assessment for the Development of Carbon Finance Project in Sikkim

March 5, 2024 to
September 5, 2024
| Forest & Biodiversity

About the Project

Nestled in the Eastern Himalayas, Sikkim is one of India's most ecologically significant states, with over 82 per cent of its geographical area designated as Recorded Forest Area (RFA). Recognizing its immense potential for forest-based climate action, TERI undertook a comprehensive scoping and feasibility study to assess the viability of carbon finance projects in the state under the Agriculture, Forestry, and Other Land Use (AFOLU) sector.

Scaling up of Solar PV in Chitarpur sewing cluster of Ramgarh, Jharkhand

February 14, 2024 to
August 13, 2024
| Energy
| Energy Access

Central Coalfields Limited (CCL) sanctioned the scale-up project to TERI for the dissemination of Hybrid Solar PV Solutions to energize the stitching machines linked with motors by covering 150 women sewing entrepreneurs in the Chitarpur sewing cluster of Ramgarh district of Jharkhand. This project was an extension of the pilot project which was completed successfully by covering 50 women sewing entrepreneurs. The aim of the scale project included the following deliverables:

Meghalaya Traditional Knowledge Portal

April 2, 2022 to
August 2, 2024
| Sustainable Agriculture
| Forest & Biodiversity
| Sustainability Driven Knowledge Projects

TERI and BRDC with support from North Eastern Council, Shillong implemented a project titled “Preservation and Protection of Traditional Knowledge – Documentation Initiatives in North East Region India”. The study aimed to identify, document, preserve, safeguard and promote forms of Traditional Knowledge (TK) that existed and are still practiced at the community level. Promote TK among Youth through collaborative awareness program, and study the possibility of integrating it in formal educational curriculum.

Assessment of Potential Carbon Benefits by Shifting to Improved Cookstove in Rural Households of West Bengal

January 11, 2024 to
July 31, 2024
| Air

Comparative Emission Analysis

The deployment of Less-Smoke Chulhas demonstrates a significant reduction in the emissions of PM10, PM2.5, Black Carbon, CO, and CH4 compared to traditional cookstoves when burning equivalent types and volumes of biomass fuel. Interestingly, these improved stoves exhibit higher emissions of CO2, SO2, and NOX, a result likely driven by the higher combustion temperatures and increased oxygen availability inherent in their design.

Cultivation of Packing Leaves Plant for Livelihood Enhancement of ST Communities and Promotion of Packing Leaves as Substitute of Plastics in Meghalaya

January 11, 2019 to
July 30, 2024
| Resources & Sustainable Development

Sustainable Alternatives: Phrynium pubinerve as a Bio-Packaging Solution in Meghalaya

To address the escalating environmental concerns surrounding plastic waste, TERI-NERC has promoted Phrynium pubinerve (commonly known as the packing leaf plant) as a sustainable, biodegradable alternative to plastic packaging in Meghalaya.

Integrated Plantation & Biodiversity

Supported by the National Mission on H

imalayan Studies (MoEF&CC), the project focused on both ecological restoration and resource availability:

 

Regulation Resource Repository for Solar Energy

May 24, 2023 to
May 31, 2024
| TERI Knowledge Resource Centre
| Knowledge Repositories & Information Centre

The Regulation Resource Repository for Solar Energy serves as a comprehensive data repository for all regulations in ISA member countries relating to solar energy.

Documentation and preservation initiative of Traditional Knowledge in Meghalaya

April 19, 2022 to
March 31, 2024
| Resources & Sustainable Development

Documentation and preservation initiative of Traditional Knowledge in Meghalaya

Traditional knowledge (TK) represents the cumulative wisdom, skills, and practices developed by indigenous communities over generations. However, with rapid socio-economic changes and cultural transitions, much of this invaluable knowledge is at risk of decline and possible extinction. Therefore, it is essential to preserve and document TK in a modern, standardized, and accessible form for future generations.

Financing Decarbonization of the Secondary Steel Sector in India: Towards an Enabling Environment

February 1, 2023 to
December 18, 2023
| Energy Efficiency
| Climate Change

The study 'Financing Decarbonization of the Secondary Steel Sector India: Towards an Enabling Environment' was undertaken in association with DIW Berlin, as a part of multi-year SNAPFI project. The report elaborates on the challenges faced by the Indian secondary steel sector in accessing finance for decarbonization technologies and identifies ways in which an enabling environment can be developed to allow international finance to be channelled into facilitating technological upgradation for the sector.

South-South Cooperation in BIMSTEC, SAARC, and select African Countries

November 1, 2022 to
October 31, 2023
| Centre for Sustainable Development Research
| Resource Efficiency & Governance

Climate change posed a serious challenge to the agriculture systems not only given its implications for food security and livelihoods but also given the current agrarian distress characterized by declining growth rates in yield, depleting soil fertility, and receding groundwater resources, rising cultivation costs, and inflation.

Stocktaking Study on Green Public Procurement in India

April 23, 2023 to
October 30, 2023
| Centre for Sustainable Development Research
| Resource Efficiency & Governance

Green public procurement (GPP) is a component of sustainable public procurement that uses public sector purchasing to achieve environmental policy objectives and for green growth. GPP is a process which involves consciously and systematically factoring environmental goals during the procurement of goods, services and works by public agencies. This conscious and systematic factoring involves the use of technical specifications, evaluation of bids and proposals, standards, certifications, and labelling.