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Heatwaves: A vicious climate change circle
13 May 2022
| Forbes India
Ms Suruchi Bhadwal, Director, Earth Science and Climate Change Division, TERI explains that it may take decades to undergo the transition because, the current infrastructure is also structured in terms of the use of the traditional fuels that are being used.
Read moreIndia's Transition to an equitable Net Zero Economy
12 May 2022
| ET Edge Insights
Dr Vibha Dhawan, Director General, TERI explores the future of energy and carbon markets in India as she shares analysis, and delves into key insights representing the current scenario, future implications and possible outcomes for the evolving energy market in India.
Read moreThe extraordinary heat wave in India and Pakistan, explained
11 May 2022
| Vox
South Asia's heat wave is unusual because it’s happening much earlier in the season than normal, before summer weather typically sets in, so it caught people off guard. Ordinarily, there is a slow increase of temperatures in the summers; when the temperatures started rising and stayed consistently high, it was not predicted, observed Ms Suruchi Bhadwal, Director, Earth Science and Climate Change Division, TERI.
Read moreIndia's early heat wave has major implications for agriculture
10 May 2022
| PBS News Hour
No country is spared from the ill effects of the consequences of climate change, whether it's floods, or cyclones, or tornadoes, or storm surges or heat waves, observes Ms Suruchi Bhadwal, Director, Earth Science and Climate Change Division, TERI.
Read moreGlobal Warning: Extreme weather conditions are sweeping large parts of the world
08 May 2022
| Financial Express
Due to intensification of climate change, the traditional global circulation pattern, such as the jet stream in the northern hemisphere, is expected across the planet, leading to more frequent and intense extreme climate events, according to says Mr Santosh Kumar Muriki, Associate Fellow, Earth Science and Climate Change Division, TERI.
Read moreIndia peers over climate change precipice
03 May 2022
| The New Statesman
Dr Vibha Dhawan, Director-General, TERI, believes the will to decarbonise exists in India, but there needs to be more financing for sustainable initiatives and a more open transfer of technology.
Read moreClimate scientists say South Asia's heat wave (120F!) is a sign of what's to come
03 May 2022
| NPR
Ms Suruchi Bhadwal, Director of Earth Science and Climate Change Division, TERI, says that the disappointing wheat harvest may be an omen of what' to come, if countries don't do everything within their power to cut carbon emissions and limit warming to below 2-degrees Celsius, in line with United Nations recommendations.
Read moreInforming children about environmental pollution
13 Apr 2022
| India Water Portal
Children are important stakeholders in the path to sustainable development, in addition to being the most effective agents of climate change-related actions, emphasized experts at the launch of Pollution Solutions: For a Cleaner, Greener Earth, a book for children brought out by TERI supported by GAIL (India) Ltd. Launching the book, Dr Vibha Dhawan, Director General, TERI, said that we have to leave behind for our children at least the kind of environment we inherited.
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