Common Practice Standards must have India outlook
September 30, 2024
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| The Hindu
International carbon finance platforms must revise their standards to better align with the realities of Indian agriculture, says Mr Sayanta Ghosh, Associate Fellow and Dr Jitendra Vir Sharma, Senior Director, Land Resources Division, TERI.
Revival of degraded ecosystem through ecological interventions: A success story of Muri, Jharkhand
September 30, 2024
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| eNREE 22(2), July-September 2024
In this article, Dr. Syed Arif Wali, Senior Fellow and Associate Director and Dr. Jitendra Vir Sharma, Senior Director, Land Resources Division, TERI, discuss the project that TERI implemented to convert the alkaline HINDALCO plant in Muri, Jharkhand, into a green zone. The project involved the provision of technical assistance in soil amendments, plantation protocols, and water conservation techniques.
Uttarakhand forests will get a 'big reward' for absorbing carbon, MoU worth Rs 1000 crore signed
September 21, 2024 |
September 21, 2024
Dainik Jagran
In sequence to the Uttarakhand Investor Summit conducted in December 2023, The Energy and Resources Institute (TERI) organized a two-day workshop on September 19-20, 2024. The selection of project areas within Reserved/Degraded Forest Areas, Van Panchayat Areas, and Private Agricultural Land under the jurisdiction of the Forest Department was deliberated. TERI representative were Senior Director Dr. JV Sharma, Associate Director Dr. Syed Arif Wali, Vikas Sinha, Varun Grover, Abha Ballabh, and Afri Zaidi.
Farmers of seven new mandals including Ayodhya-Varanasi will get carbon credit
September 3, 2024 |
September 3, 2024
Hindustan Times
Special Correspondent 07 new divisions have been selected for the purpose of increasing the income of farmers through carbon finance. These include Devipatan, Ayodhya, Jhansi, Mirzapur, Kanpur, Varanasi and Aligarh divisions. For the implementation of the scheme to increase the income of farmers through carbon credit in these divisions, a three-tier MoU was signed on 3 September 2024 between TERI, VNV Advisory and Divisional Chief Forest Conservators of the seven divisions.
Leveraging carbon finance projects for a livelihood fillip
May 20, 2024
| The Tribune
Carbon finance projects, particularly those focusing on ARR (Afforestation, Reforestation and Revegetation) and REDD+ (Reducing Emissions from Deforestation and Forest Degradation), are emerging as powerful tools for not only mitigating climate change but also uplifting the socio-economic conditions of farmers and forest-dependent communities, while simultaneously achieving Sustainable Development Goals. These projects help in either absorbing greenhouse gases from the atmosphere or preventing their subsequent release into the atmosphere.
COP 28: Advancing Global Equity and Sustainability
January 15, 2024
| Employment News
A nation such as India is faced with the challenge of not immediately eliminating coal and fossil fuels but rather gradually reducing reliance on these pollution sources. Consequently, the onus falls on developed countries in the global north, the primary historical emitters, to significantly curtail emissions, says Dr Yogesh Gokhale, Senior Fellow, Land Resources Division, TERI.
