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Cultural hub Bangalore International Centre celebrates 20 years

21 Nov 2025
| Deccan Herald

Launched on November 21, 2005, BIC moved to its current location in Domlur in 2019. Its foundation stone was originally laid at The Energy and Resources Institute (TERI), also in Domlur. At the time, Bengaluru was emerging as "India's knowledge capital." Leaders such as late Dr R K Pachauri, former Director General, TERI, economist Prof S L Rao, and Mr Shanth Kumar, Director, The Printers Mysore Pvt Ltd, backed the plan.

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India tells CoP30 it has exceeded its climate commitments, to submit update on time

18 Nov 2025
| Mint

Mr R R Rashmi, Distinguished Fellow, TERI, stated that India's impressive achievement concerning the current NDCs reinforces its status as a global leader in climate action.

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98% processed is 100% lie: Investigating Gurugram’s broken waste system

17 Nov 2025
| Newslaundry

Allocating funds toward waste segregation, sorting, and processing not only facilitates the recovery of valuable resources through recycling and reuse but also mitigates health and climate-related impacts, stated Dr Suneel Pandey, Director, Circular Economy and Waste Management Division, TERI.

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TERI to host official UNFCCC press conference at COP30 on 15 November, highlighting India’s industry led path to a net-zero future

14 Nov 2025
| Solar Quarter

As global leaders gather in Belém for the landmark COP30 negotiations, The Energy and Resources Institute (TERI) will hold an official UNFCCC Press Conference on Saturday, 15 November 2025. The event will highlight how India’s industries are accelerating climate action and shaping pathways toward a net-zero future.

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Multilateral system must remain credible face of escalating climate risks, says TERI at COP30

12 Nov 2025
| Lokmat Times

The Energy and Resources Institute (TERI) has unveiled its latest Act4Earth COP Compass publication 'Strengthening Multilateralism on the Road to COP33 and Beyond', at a high-level side event at COP30- 'Beyond 2025: A New Climate Multilateralism?'.

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Multilateral system must remain credible face of escalating climate risks, says TERI at COP30

12 Nov 2025
| The Hawk

The Energy and Resources Institute (TERI) has unveiled its latest Act4Earth COP Compass publication, 'Strengthening Multilateralism on the Road to COP33 and Beyond', at a high-level side event at COP30 -- 'Beyond 2025: A New Climate Multilateralism?.' The session, held at the Blue Zone in Belém, featured Dr Shailly Kedia, Director and Senior Fellow, TERI, as the lead speaker, who deliberated on the urgent need for reforming the architecture of global climate governance.

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Global South Needs Success at COP30': India’s Climate Strategy in China-Led Era

11 Nov 2025
| The Quint

Mr Manjeev Singh Puri, Distinguished Fellow, The Energy and Resources Institute stated it is critical for India's global standing, particularly in the Global South. That is the nature of COPs—they are essentially power games.

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At COP30 Crossroads, TERI Calls for Re-anchoring Climate Equity through Human Development and Energy Justice

08 Nov 2025
| Global Agriculture

As the international community prepares for the 30th Conference of the Parties (COP30) to the UNFCCC in Belém, Brazil, a new paper by The Energy and Resources Institute (TERI) urges countries to restore equity and human development to the heart of global climate cooperation. The paper, titled Re-anchoring CBDR-RC in Human Development and SDGs for Climate Justice, redefines the global climate discourse by linking human development and energy consumption to operationalize equity and

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India’s net-zero roadmap: NITI Aayog eyes new body to drive climate action and green funding

21 Oct 2025
| Mint

Mr R R Rashmi, Distinguished Fellow and Programme Director, Resource Efficiency and Governance Division, The Energy and Resources Institute (TERI), said the proposed commission may be a desirable institution as a scientific and technical body entrusted with the work of data collection, analysis, projection and interpretation of emissions towards net zero goal. It may even support the national communications on climate change and the national inventory management system.

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India must move beyond tokenism in climate-gender policy: CRF Dialogue

19 Oct 2025
| Daily Excelsior

India must shift from checkbox approaches to fully  integrating gender justice into climate policy, speakers said at a dialogue hosted by the Chintan Research Foundation (CRF). Keynote speakers included Ms Kalyani Raj, President of the All India Women's Conference and Dr Mini Govindan, Senior Fellow, TERI.

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China’s climate pledge shows commitment but could have been more ambitious, say experts

25 Sep 2025
| News 18

Mr R R Rashmi, Distinguished Fellow, The Energy and Resources Institute (TERI), expressed measured optimism, highlighting that China’s NDC indicates enhancement of their current goals and a significant change in their strategy.

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Climate Change to cost world 25% of GDP per capita by 2100: Study

25 Sep 2025
| Hindustan Times

India based The Energy and Resources Institute (TERI) organised a national webinar and launched Version 2.0 of the Green Budgeting Toolkit, along with an online portal, to help governments, academia, and civil society systematically integrate environmental concerns into fiscal planning.

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