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An appropriate approach to deal with air pollution is to carefully assess the nature and account of the sources of occurrence, says Dr R K Pachauri, Director-General, TERI.?
The Manipur earthquake must push the state governments, the National Disaster Management Authority, the ministry of home affairs and the ministry for development of North Eastern Region to get their acts together, says Dr P G Dhar Chakrabarti, Distinguished Fellow, Green Growth and Resource Efficiency division, TERI.
The unprecedented floods in Chennai, preceded by cyclone in Visakhapatnam and flood in Srinagar last year are, apart from devastating tragedies, indications of the growing risks of urban disasters in India, says Dr P G Dhar Chakrabarti, Distinguished Fellow, Green Growth and Resource Efficiency division, TERI.
Prime Minister Mr Narendra Modi's opening to Pakistan, which has received widespread support from across the world, now requires active follow up in concrete terms, and the most suitable initiative that India could undertake is to first bring about cooperation in the energy sector.
Instead of trying to find odd and even number plates for vehicles, a deeper systemic change is required, says Dr Meena Sehgal and Dr Sumit Kumar Gautam, Fellows, Earth Science and Climate Change division, TERI
This country, which is water-stressed, energy-starved and in many parts ecologically-fragile, has rightly made sustainable development a policy priority, says Ms Shailly Kedia, Fellow, Green Growth and Resource Efficiency division, TERI.
The Delhi Government has taken a tough decision to allow cars to ply on Delhi roads only on alternate days to curb air pollution that has reached alarming levels, says Mr Nitya Nanda, Fellow, Green Growth and Resource Efficiency division, TERI
The Paris Agreement will compel governments and industry to adopt sustainable ways to execute their business, says Mr Ashutosh Senger, Research Associate, Green Growth and Resource Efficiency division, TERI
We need a package of measures if we are serious about success of one principal Transport Demand Management (TDM) strategy, which in Delhi's case seem to be the odd-even system at the moment, says Ms Akshima Tejas Ghate, Fellow, Sustainable Habitat division, TERI.
The Paris agreement does not answer every question but it is an important first step towards finding a common solution, says Ms Aayushi Awasthy, Associate Fellow, Green Growth and Resource Efficiency division, TERI.