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As countries struggle to meet NDC commitments amid rising global temperatures, the transport sector is key writes, Mr Sharif Qamar, Fellow & Associate Director, Transport and Urban Governance Division, TERI.
SC's Aravalli ruling offers a science-led path to balance mining, restoration and livelihoods, writes Dr Vibha Dhawan, Director General, TERI.
As India targets net zero by 2070, the mathematics of creative destruction translates into a policy imperative: raise the innovation rate, expand the scale of each transformation, and smooth the social cost of obsolescence, writes Ms Shreya Gupta, Research Associate, Transport and Urban Governance Division, TERI.
The Supreme Court's recent order offers a new framework for the Aravalli range. With guidelines now in place, the task ahead lies in transparent implementation, institutional coordination and sustained scientific oversight, writes Dr Vibha Dhawan, Director General, TERI.
The air improves briefly, only to deteriorate again because the underlying drivers remain unchanged, writes Dr Anju Goel, Senior Fellow and Dr Pallavi Joshi Lahari, Associate Fellow Air Quality Research Division, The Energy and Resources Institute (TERI).
In this disrupted landscape, India must convert adversity into a strategic opportunity, advancing its energy and climate leadership through decisive, forward-looking actions, write Mr Manjeev Singh Puri, Distinguished Fellow, Sustainable Development and Outreach Division, TERI; Mr Pritish Kumar Acharya, TERI School of Advanced Studies and Dr Gopal Krishna Sarangi, Associate Professor, TERI School of Advanced Studies.
Belém has delivered a message that the world cannot ignore. Climate justice begins with those who protect the forests. The next step belongs to governments, including India, to act on that truth, writes Mr Sayanta Ghosh, Associate Fellow, Land Resources Division, TERI.
There is no institutional mechanism that facilitates closely coordinated actions between the states and the Centre. Many times, there are varying and sometimes conflicting perspectives, understanding and positions on important water issues between states and the Centre, or across various states, writes Dr Syamal Kumar Sarkar, Senior Advisor, Water Resources Division, TERI.
From BESS to pumped storage and CSP, India now has the tools to meet rising power demand cleanly and more cheaply than thermal, writes Mr Ajay Shankar, Distinguished Fellow, TERI.