Articles
India's rampant urban water issues and challenges
28 Dec 2018 | Mr Qazi Syed Wamiq Ali
The problem of access to safe drinking water and sanitation facilities in urban areas of India is a major concern. There is a need to reuse treated wastewater in order to meet the current and future demands for water.
DNA fingerprinting of plants: Applications for conservation and utilisation of bio-resources
27 Dec 2018 | Dr Madan Singh Negi| | Dr Shashi Bhushan Tripathi
Recent advances in molecular biology have led to development of a series of DNA-based techniques for estimation of genetic diversity, which is increasingly under threat due to over-exploitation of natural resources.
Overcoming the price hump: Financing energy efficiency
20 Dec 2018
Around the world energy efficiency is being looked as resource to address some of the critical problems of the energy sector. This has probably been the most cost effective way to address energy security, peak demand management, electricity access while mitigating climate change impacts.
Improving soil microorganisms for sturdier tea cultivation, come drought or flood
20 Dec 2018
TERI is working in Assam to reengineer plant root-associated microbes to make tea cultivation more resistant to biotic and abiotic challenges
An unexpected raid: A tale of communities and conservation from Nagaland
18 Dec 2018
"Rules are rules; we shall definitely fine the offenders. The village council has set the rules and we all need to obey the same.
Does access to energy cause human development ? A Granger causality check
11 Dec 2018
Not many have looked into the causality between the percentage of a country’s population with energy access and the corresponding rise in its human development score
Green growth intervention and job creation
11 Dec 2018 | Dr Anandajit Goswami| | Mr Saswata Chaudhury
Sufficiently skilled workers will be needed for employment in renewable energy and green building job markets in India
Unpacking the climate negotiations at COP24 – week 1
10 Dec 2018 | Ms Noemie Leprince Ringuet
The Energy and Resources Institute is attending the 24th Conference of the Parties (COP 24) in Katowice, Poland from 2nd to 14th December 2018. This is a summary of developments over the course of week 1, and an analysis of what can be expected for week 2.
A look at mining through the SDG lens
06 Dec 2018
Mr S Vijay Kumar, Distinguished Fellow, TERI, gave the keynote address at the Conference on Contemporary Mining Issues by the Mining Engineers Association of India (MEAI) in New Delhi
Reimagining the Role of the Chief Sustainability Officer
27 Nov 2018 | Mr Anirban Ghosh
Sustainability is a relatively new subject and the role of the Chief Sustainability Officer is newer still. The increase in regulations in the climate change space, need for non-financial business disclosures for investor organizations and the intensification of the international dialogue has made many organizations reposition the head of sustainability practice as a Chief Sustainability Officer (CSO).