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TERI, EPTRI team up with NOAA to strengthen climate modeling
08 Feb 2018
| Business Standard
TERI and the Environmental Protection Training Research Institute (EPTRI) announced a partnership with the United States National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) to strengthen climate modelling capacity in India. The move would strengthen disaster risk reduction and reduce the population's vulnerability to climate risk and extreme weather events through enhanced awareness, coordination and adaptive capacity of local communities.
Read morePM says India firm on environment commitment while carrying on its development agenda
16 Jan 2018
| The Economic Times
Prime Minister Mr Narendra Modi called for support from developed countries on extending finance and technology to prepare other nations for sustainable growth, saying India intends to achieve its sustainable development objectives on its own but "developed world can help us achieve them faster". While delivering the inaugural address at the World Sustainable Development Summit (WSDS), organised by TERI, Mr Modi reiterated India’s commitment to protect the environment while carrying on its
Read moreA turbulent transition state (Interview with Dr Ajay Mathur, Director-General, TERI)
06 Jan 2018
| The Statesman
In an interview with the newspaper Dr Ajay Mathur, Director-General of TERI, speaks on the energy issues plaguing India, given the country\'s commitment to move towards renewable energy and its commitment at the Paris Climate Change Summit in December 2016.
Read moreThree-pronged approach to phase out hydrochlorofluorocarbons
18 Dec 2017
| The Hindu Business Line
Energy experts have identified a three-pronged approach as a key in phasing out the use of hydrochlorofluorocarbons in buildings after workshops by the ozone department of the Ministry of Environment, Forest and Climate Change. The workshops were organised with support from Energy Efficiency Services Ltd (EESL) and TERI.
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Eight energy majors commit to reducing methane emissions within natural gas industry
22 Nov 2017
| World Oil
BP, Eni, ExxonMobil, Repsol, Shell, Statoil, Total and Wintershall have committed to further reduce methane emissions from the natural gas assets they operate around the world. The energy companies also agreed to encourage others across the natural gas value chain – from production to the final consumer – to do the same. The eight energy companies signed a Guiding Principles document, which focuses on: continually reducing methane emissions; advancing strong performance across gas value
Read moreMarathwada in top 10 highly vulnerable districts in state
26 Oct 2017
| The Times of India
Marathwada districts of Hingoli (5) and Jalna (7) figure in the list of top 10 districts of Maharashtra having high environmental vulnerability index with Aurangabad bagging the 27th spot. The whole of Marathwada has been projected as the second most susceptible division in the state in terms of occurrence of natural crisis. TERI and UK Met Office were supplied with additional weather-related statistics to project consequences of the climate change in different parts of Maharashtra as part
Read moreMaharashtra government gets ready to cope with climate change
11 Oct 2017
| Hindustan Times
The Maharashtra cabinet has cleared an adaptation policy to help the state cope with changing climatic conditions and its adverse impact. Prepared by TERI, the policy suggested strict norms to reduce pollution through vehicles in cities, conservation of mangroves, plantation of trees on both the sides of the roads and constructing shelters at specific distances (in case of natural calamities), a policy for treatment of sewage water to reduce demand of drinking water, revival of lakes and
Read more30th Anniversary of Montreal Protocol and 23rd World Ozone Day Celebrated PAN-India Awareness Campaign reaches out to nearly 28 lakh students in the country
17 Sep 2017
| Business Standard
A series of publications launched by the Union Minister of Environment, Forest and Climate Change on the occasion include – a handbook on HCFC Phase-out and Energy Efficiency in Buildings; the first edition of \'newsTRAC; and a newsletter for service technicians in Refrigeration and Air-conditioning (RAC) sector. These two publications were launched as part of the enabling component of India\'s HCFC Phase out Management Plan, for which United Nations Environment is the cooperating agency
Read moreTERI ranked second among world's climate think tanks
03 Jul 2017
| India Today
TERI was ranked number two by the International Center for Climate Governance (ICCG), an internationally-renowned body whose activities focus on the design of climate policy and related governance issues. The New Delhi-based think tank was ranked under the category 2016 Top Climate Think Tanks in the Rest of the World-Absolute Global Rankings during ICCGs 23rd annual conference of the European Association of Environmental and Resource Economists in Athens in Greece.
Read moreIndia's green lobby slams Trump for exiting Paris deal
02 Jun 2017
| Business Today
The US president has announced the US withdrawal from the Paris climate accord. Dr Ajay Mathur, Director-General, TERI and one of the key negotiators for India during the Paris climate summit, termed the decision "unfortunate". Dr Mathur said that the absence of US leadership and financial support in implementing the Agreement could delay actions to both reduce global emissions as well as to adapt to the adverse impacts of the climate change that has already occurred. However, he believes
India vows to strengthen ties with Pacific Islands countries
25 May 2017
| Hindustan Times
India hosted 'India-Pacific Islands Sustainable Development Conference' in the Fijian capital of Suva and pledged to strengthen its partnership with the countries of the region as part of efforts to create a sustainable world. The conference is being held under the framework of the Forum for India Pacific Islands Co-operation (FIPIC), with TERI as its key knowledge partner. The conference will focussed on issues such as the blue economy, adaptation- mitigation practices for climate change,
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