Headquarters
The Energy and Resources Institute (TERI)
Darbari Seth Block, Core 6C,
India Habitat Centre, Lodhi Road,
New Delhi - 110 003, India
Ongoing Projects
Strategic Partnerships for the Implementation of the Paris Agreement (SPIPA)
May 6, 2020
The primary aim of the project promoted by the grant is to support EU-India collaboration on the development of modelling capacities to improve the quality of modelling tools, and integrated modelling analysis frameworks in India. This overall objective is defined by the following benchmarks: Improving the knowledge of how climate modelling action in India relates to global and subnational low carbon development pathways, as well as to selected co-benefits of trade-offs of climate policy.
RRR: Reducing health Risks of Rising Temperatures in South Asia
May 1, 2020
Based on secondary meteorological data, a blog post will be developed. This blog will aim to explore the implications of the COVID-19 lockdown and the heat wave witnessed in Delhi, on the different classes of the population, in terms of their electricity consumption and their abilities to cope, during the summer of 2020.
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.