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Experts highlight the role of social technologies in promoting health equity and Climate adaptation at G-STIC 2024
25 Oct 2024
| Krishak Jagat
A Deep Dive session titled ‘Social Technologies to Promote Health Equity and Climate Adaptation’ was held during the 7th Global Sustainable Technology and Innovation Conference (G-STIC), co-hosted by The Energy and Resources Institute (TERI), and VITO, Belgium. Ms Suruchi Bhadwal, Director, Earth Science and Climate Change Division, TERI, in her opening remarks noted, in addressing climate change, we must prioritize health equity, recognizing that marginalized communities face the brunt of
Read moreTERI’s movie on recycling to be screened in cinema halls soon, Sawant launches video
22 Oct 2024
| The Times of India
A short film created to raise awareness about pollution by The Energy and Resources Institute (TERI) and the Goa State Pollution Control Board (GSPCB) is set to be screened in theatres across Goa soon. The 1.8-minute film will be shown before regular movies and will also be shown at theatres across India later. The film is based on a study conducted by TERI found that out of all packaging, the aluminium ones can was the most environmentally-friendly in the scenario of climate change as these
Read moreIndia to Develop Roadmap Post-20% Ethanol Blending Target, Says Minister Hardeep Singh Puri at G-STIC Conference
22 Oct 2024
| Press Information Bureau
The 7th G-STIC (Global Sustainable Technology and Innovation Community) Conference organized by TERI and VITO along with the support of eight other not-for-profit independent technology research institutes, is being hosted in India for the first time. The Conference will deliberate on challenges under the umbrella theme "Harmonizing Technology, Policy and Business Pathways for Sustainable Future and Coexistence".
Read moreIndia to have 350 million children by 2050, faces urgent challenges to secure their future: UNICEF report
21 Oct 2024
| The Pioneer
UNICEF's flagship State of the World's Children 2024 report, The Future of Children in a Changing World, was launched in New Delhi on Wednesday, spotlighting three global megatrends, demographic shifts, climate crises, and frontier technologies that are set to reshape the lives of children by 2050. The report was unveiled by Ms Cynthia McCaffrey, UNICEF India Representative, alongside Ms Suruchi Bhadwal of The Energy Research Institute (TERI), UNICEF Youth Advocate Mr Kartik Verma.
Read moreDelhi covered with dust as road repairs take their toll
20 Oct 2024
| Hindustan Times
Dust is one of the biggest sources of pollution in Delhi and can contribute to as much as 25% of the Capital's bad air, according to a 2018 source apportionment study by The Energy and Resources Institute (TERI).
Read moreEthanol blending target of 15% till October 2024, an uphill task
20 Oct 2024
| The Hindu Business Line
The Energy and Resources Institute (TERI) in a May 2024 report, titled India's Journey to Net Zero by 2070: A Conceptual Framework for Analysis, opined that blending of biofuels for use by vehicles promotes energy efficiency as an intermediate option to lower carbon intensity.
Read moreIndia's dilemma food rich, nutrition insufficient
16 Oct 2024
| Dainik Jagran
Dr Manish Anand, Senior Fellow of TERI, an organization working on sustainable development, said there has been no coordination between our food security and nutrition security policies. India has diverse agricultural systems according to different agro-climatic zones. Our food security policies encouraged monocropping, in which more focus was given on wheat and paddy. We created a very strong ecosystem from their production to procurement. This gave us food security, but nutrition security
Read moreSolid waste management should be tried from home
16 Oct 2024
| Hindustan
A national seminar on the subject of solid waste management was organized by Prithvi Innovations and TERI at Bhasha Vishwavidyalaya. Chief guest and Dr PK Bhattacharya, Associate Director, TERI said that we will have to move towards cleanliness, packets of chips and cold beverages should be thrown in the dust bin only.
Read moreIndia has world's fourth-largest rail network, but its freight loves the highways
15 Oct 2024
| The Economic Times
Around 70% of the goods transportation in India prefers road over rail because of its door-to-door service, reliability and consistently improving highway infrastructure. For an economy of the size of India, which is aiming to reduce high logistics costs and cut carbon emissions, that is not good news.
Read moreACFA – TERI Report signals immense potential to improve India's biofuels program
14 Oct 2024
| Indian Chemical News
The Energy and Resources Institute (TERI) supported by the Asian Clean Fuels Association (ACFA) has recently released a report on Biofuels Program which signals immense potential for India to improve India's biofuels program. The report, titled "Enhancing India's Biofuels Program: Examining the Role of Oxyfuels in India's Clean Fuel Transition," highlights complementary strategies that India could deploy to reduce reliance on imported fossil fuels by adopting fuel ethers as part of the
Read morePakistan's Punjab map turns red due to stubble burning, satellite images show the real face
09 Oct 2024
| Dainik Jagran
Dr. Vibha Dhawan, member of the Commission for Air Quality Management in the National Capital Region and Adjacent Areas and Director General of TERI, says that crop production has increased significantly in the last few decades. But the number of harvesters we have has not increased in the same proportion.
Read moreStubble burning has started, get ready for suffocating pollution, claims of zero form fire are proving to be hollow
02 Oct 2024
| Dainik Jagran
Dr. Vibha Dhawan, member of the Commission for Air Quality Management in the National Capital Region and Adjacent Areas and Director General of TERI, says that the problem of burning of stubble is an annual one. We will have to get to the bottom of this problem, only then can it be solved. We should not forget that a policy was made to change the time of sowing rice to save water. Earlier, where paddy nurseries were planted in May, now nurseries are planted in June in most places. In
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