Projects

Ongoing Projects

Mid-century strategy for India

February 5, 2020
| Climate Change

Achieving net zero emissions by 2050 is key to limit global warming to 2°C. TERI, under this action aims to provide long-term strategies on adaptation and mitigation for India's high emitting sectors to target net zero.

Creating Pan Himalayan Network for Climate Change Journalism

February 1, 2020
| Climate Change
| Environment

The programme worked on creating a pan Himalayan collective of young journalists by training them on the science, policy and storytelling aspects of climate change.

Sustainability assessment of the thermochemical conversion of post-extraction plant residues to address climate change

January 8, 2020
| Waste
| Climate Change

The L'Oréal Group  is one of the leading manufacturers of beauty products and uses different types of plant extracts for the development of its products. The process generates a large quantity of organic post-extraction waste materials. The company is interested to use these post- extraction waste materials as biochar to crop land to address the global climate change issue.

Strengthening localized advocacy for accelerating corporate action in India

January 3, 2020
| Climate Change

The project aims to strengthen Indian climate policy through increased localised corporate advocacy that leverages and further supports the work of partners accelerating corporate action in India.

SHEETAL: Alliance for Sustainable Habitat, Energy Efficiency and Thermal Comfort for All

December 1, 2019
| Climate Change

When trying to mitigate climate change, winning slowly is the same as losing. Quick action should be our new mantra. The world needs to close the emissions gap with a Rapid Mitigation Action Plan that can deliver fast temperature abatement in the short term while contributing to the long-term goal of achieving carbon neutrality by 2050.

Supporting Enhancement in India's NDC Ambition

December 1, 2019
| Climate Change

Under this project, TERI will provide policy-relevant, cutting-edge research and analysis and thought leadership required for supporting an enhancement in India's NDCs under the Paris Agreement.

Study of the implementation modalities and impacts of Carbon

October 7, 2019
| Climate Change
| Environment

As per decision of the International Civil Aviation Organisation (ICAO) taken in 2016, a global market-based mechanism called Carbon Offsetting and Reduction Scheme for International Aviation (CORSIA) is to be implemented from 2021 with the objective of mitigating the GHG impacts of international flights and contributing to the global efforts to keep global warming below 2 degrees.

Preparation of revised State Action Plan on Climate Change (SAPCC) for U.T. of Puducherry

September 20, 2019
| Climate Change
| Environment

Transitioning to less water- intensive crops and groundwater conservation have been flagged as areas of emphasis while drafting the revised Puducherry State Action Plan on Climate Change (SAPCC) for the Union Territory. The revised plans were being drafted in synergy with the goals of Nationally Determined Contributions (NDC) for post 2020 committed by the Government of India and the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) taking into account recent scientific assessments and projections on global warming, vulnerability and impacts.

Under2 Coalition: MRV in developing and newly industrializing countries

September 1, 2019
| Climate Change
| Environment

TERI will provide consultancy services to assist two Under2 Coalition regions (Chhattisgarh and Telangana) in India to develop technical capacity to help them to improve/expand their monitoring, reporting and verification (MRV) of GHG emissions and mitigation actions. TERI will contribute to the following project outputs: (i) For the state or region, a Stocktaking report, including a draft roadmap on technical assistance to be delivered as capacity building. The draft roadmap would be validated by the stakeholders prior to implementation.