Ongoing Projects
TERI-KAS Background Study on Marine Resources
December 27, 2017
| Resources & Sustainable Development
Conducting a background study on 'Reforming Global Architecture of Marine Resource Security: An Indian Perspective'
Mapping Policies and Stakeholders on Climate Adaptation for Crop-Based Systems in the Global South
December 27, 2017
| Resource Efficiency & Governance
Climate change posed a serious challenge to the agriculture systems not only given its implications for food security and livelihoods but also given the current agrarian distress characterized by declining growth rates in yield, depleting soil fertility, and receding groundwater resources, rising cultivation costs, and inflation.
Circular Economy: A Business Imperative for India
November 1, 2017
The report provides insights and perspectives on how policy and businesses have to come together towards closing the loop. The report presents specific opportunities in four sectors that are cornerstones to the Indian economy – Agriculture, Automotive, Construction and Electronic & Electricals. These sectors have high potential for growth and are assessed for benefits accrued by adopting circular economy.
Technical Assistance to the Resource Efficiency Initiative (REI) of the European Union
January 27, 2017
| Resources & Sustainable Development
TERI supports the global sustainable consumption and production agenda driven by the United Nations by supporting India in the implementation of this agenda and by promoting European Union (EU) standards and business best-practices on resource efficiency in this process.
Resource efficient supply chain for metal products in buildings sector in South Asia (METABUILD)
March 1, 2016
| Resources & Sustainable Development
The project aims to implement sustainable production processes and practices in 400 small and medium enterprises (SMEs) in Bangladesh, Nepal and Sri Lanka involved in the metal products supply chain for the building and construction sector. Metal SMEs will be enabled to adopt Resource Efficient Cleaner Production (RECP) practices by a combination of awareness generation, individual consultation and capacity building, handholding for implementation, financing and providing linkages with other stakeholders.