Ongoing Projects

Organizing 5 day refresher course for IFS officers on the topic "Environment Economics and Accounting, Green GDP and Carbon Financing" during 4 - 8 September 2017

April 1, 2017
| Environment
| Climate Change

This 5 day course from 4th to 8th September will deliberate on deriving linkages between Green GDP and Environmental economics and accounting, keeping forestry sector at the center stage and will deliberate on the role of forests in providing various ecosystem services (ecological, economic, socio-cultural etc)

C-ICE: Counteracting effect of future Antarctic sea-ice loss on projected increases of summer Monsoon rainfall

March 20, 2017
| Climate Change

Introduction

South-Asian society and economy are heavily dependent on seasonal rainfall during the Indian Summer Monsoon (ISM). This rainfall has large spatio-temporal variability, the main pattern of which is expressed in an alternation of "break" and "active" phases. Break phases imply dry conditions over India’s main agricultural areas.

To assist the Institute for Governance & Sustainable Development (IGSD) with its Energy Efficiency Campaign

February 15, 2017
| Climate Change
| Energy Efficiency

To assist the Institute for Governance & Sustainable Development (IGSD) with its Energy Efficiency Campaign    Institute for Governance & Sustainable Development    The main objectives of this project are to: (1) Work with Energy Efficiency Services Limited, EESL and other partners on making available affordable in India super-efficient room AC with lower-GWP refrigerants which will be successful.

Assessing economic cost of impacts and adaptation in coastal areas in India

December 26, 2016

The main objective of this project is preparation of Third National Communication (TNC) and other new information to the UNFCCC project: Initiation of studies for the Third National Communication on Industrial Value Added (IVA) tax.

Research on policy instruments for achievement of India's NDCs

November 7, 2016
| Climate Change

The focus of the project is on the aspects related to implementing India's NDCs in both international and domestic context.

The following activities are being undertaken under this project:

- Review of Nationally Determined Contributions and tracking of implementation of mitigation actions

- Leveraging Climate Finance: Lessons from international and domestic best practices

- India's technology transfer needs for implementing ambitious NDCs

- Approaches for mainstreaming gender dimension into mitigation projects

Inter Model Comparisons of different transportation sector policies in India in support of NDC implementation

October 1, 2016
| Climate Change
| Sustainable Habitat
| Transport

The proposed research effort builds on technical collaboration and relationships established over the past few years through energy modelling and analysis with between Indian and U.S. Government partners and modelling teams under the SGWG. The modelling teams are engaged in a multi-year research collaboration seeking to build on this foundation to assist in decision making through analysis on the critical issue of transport and air quality.

Samanvay: Synthesis of Traditional and Modern - India's Approach to Sustainable Low carbon Development Pathways'

September 26, 2016
| Environment
| Climate Change

TERI will provide inputs for a publication on low carbon development pathways which have been adopted by the Indian government. Case studies from a range of sectors such as energy, agriculture, industry, forests, transport, urban growth, and sustainable building will be shared.

Climate EduXchange - 2016 - 2017

August 1, 2016
| Environment
| Climate Change

The focus of the Climate EduXchange, Phase 8 (2016-17) is based on the National Digital Literacy Mission (NDLM) launched by the Governmnet of India in 2015, which aims at imparting basic ICT skills to children studying in schools and ensure access to information, knowledge, and skills through the use of digital technologies. The project will impart ICT trainings under two different components, namely Digital Literacy and Environment Education for two different levels of school students from schools run by the Government and also by NGOs.

Partnership with Himalayan Adaptation, Water and Resilience research on glacier and snowpack dependent river basins for improving livelihoods

April 15, 2016
| Climate Change

Hi-AWARE is one of the four consortia of the Collaborative Adaptation Research Initiative in Africa and Asia (CARIAA), which is conducting high-calibre research and pilot activities in the mountains and flood plains of the Indus, Ganges, and Brahmaputra river basins. As a part of the Hi-AWARE consortium, TERI is the country lead for India, focusing on conducting research activities in the Upper Ganga and Teesta Basin.