Articles
Boosting consumer confidence in solar lighting with a million+ solar LEDs
23 Oct 2018 | Mr Martand Shardul
Much before urban India, the country's rural population had endorsed LED-based solar lighting. Initiatives such as LaBL share the credit of boosting consumer confidence in such products.
The Call Of The Chengu
05 Oct 2018 | Dr Pia Sethi
Hunting is a deep-rooted cultural practice in Nagaland, but several communities are working to put an end to hunting and unsustainable fishing
A Goa village that strives to protect the fast-vanishing 'Khazans'
03 Oct 2018
Paddy fields in khazans
Khazan ecosystems are reclaimed wetlands and mangrove areas, where tidal influence is regulated by the construction of embankments and sluice gates. 'Khazans' in Goa have always been nature's defence to its own excesses such as high tides, storms or floods. They are predominantly rice and fish fields.
Towards COP24: From Bangkok to Katowice
26 Sep 2018 | Ms Kavya Bajaj
For successful implementation of the Paris Agreement, issues frustrating developing and developed nations must be resolved; political trade-offs may provide an answer
'Infusion of capital required to accelerate transition to renewable energy in India'
26 Sep 2018
Experts discuss India's need to reconcile its development imperatives with environmental sustainability, at Climate Week NYC
Transcending the challenges: Provisioning universal access to electricity
17 Sep 2018 | Mr Martand Shardul
Bridging the electricity access gap has necessitated innovation in terms of product design, business models, service delivery systems, tariffs, financial instruments, and capacity building strategies
Right to clean environment has emerged as a new human right in India: Dr Ajay Mathur
12 Sep 2018 | Dr Ajay Mathur
The Director General, TERI, gave a public address on 'Clean environment as a Human Right: Exploring synergies between the environment, SDGs, and human rights' at the Silver Jubilee Lecture of the NHRC, in New Delhi on 10th September
How safe is the water that is supplied in our homes?
11 Sep 2018
Understanding groundwater contamination in India - Conversation with Anshuman, Associate Director, Water Resources, TERI
Delhi and Pune municipal solid waste treatment plants – learnings for other cities
11 Sep 2018
TERI recently implemented a project in partnership with Climate and Clean Air Coalition (waste initiative) to reduce Short-Lived Climate Pollutants (SLCPs) from the municipal solid waste sector.
Enabling India's energy transition towards low-carbon pathways
28 Aug 2018 | Mr Alekhya Datta| | Dr Shashank Vyas
Electricity, transport, and industry will be key enablers