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India's Net-Zero Goal Struggles For Lack Of Qualified Climate Change Experts

28 May 2022
| Outlook India

Companies are looking at technical skills such as energy audits, waste management, policy advocacy and compliance. Sustainability requires both hard skills and soft skills, says Dr Shailly Kedia, Senior Fellow and Associate Director, Sustainable Development and Outreach Division, TERI .

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The deadly heat wave frying India and Pakistan

21 May 2022
| The Week

Ms Suruchi Bhadwal, Director, Earth Science and Climate Change Division, TERI observed that when the temperatures started rising and stayed consistently high, it wasn't predicted." This wave is also spread "out over a much larger area, covering most of the landmass across Pakistan and India instead of concentrating in a few pockets.

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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.

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India'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.

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The 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.

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India'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.

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Global 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.

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India 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.

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