Projects

Ongoing Projects

Live with Water

December 14, 2020
| Water

The project aims to design a school education programme for students of grades 6-8 to generate awareness on treated wastewater use and it potential for water sustainability.

Health vulnerability assessment for Madhya Pradesh: building health sector resilience for climate change

November 27, 2020
| Environment

The proposed study would conduct climate and health vulnerability assessment (VA) for different districts of Madhya Pradesh to identify the region-specific climate-sensitive health outcomes, vulnerable regions and groups that are more susceptible to adverse health impacts.

Executive training on International Carbon Markets

November 18, 2020
| Environment

A series of 4 webinar sharing experience and offering training to key stakeholders on carbon pricing and international carbon markets, either through taxes, cap-and-trade systems, offsets or other instruments.

Particular attention to the wider policy context with regard to the effective implementation of the Paris Agreement, the relation with energy market (coal, gas, renewables, energy efficiency), the encouragement of low-carbon investments and sustainable finance.

Long-term plastic flux monitoring and river assessment at 2 sites in Mumbai

November 17, 2020
| Water

The main objective of this research agreement is to increase insights in the spatial temporal

variations and composition of plastic debris transport in the Vasai and Panvel Creeks, Mumbai. The following objectives are determined:

1. Assess the quantity and quality of plastic flow through Vasai and Panvel Creeks.

Technical assistance on Verified Carbon Standard (VCS) program and Climate Seed Platform

November 2, 2020
| Environment

TERI in the project proposes to provide consultancy services to TWU on obtaining VCS certification and generating carbon credits under ClimateSeed platform. The project can help upscale in achieving reduced carbon emissions that can be utilized for attaining carbon credits through existing carbon markets and includes developing a project development document and validation that is together documented in a project application along with the engagement with ClimateSeed for verification and project hosting.

Implementation Support Agency (ISA) under Jal Jeevan Mission (JJM) Project under Public Health Engineering Division, Assam

October 8, 2020
| Environment

TERI has undertaken a project entitled 'Jal Jeevan Mission Project-2020' in Four PHE Divisions, namely Silchar PHE Division-I, Silchar PHE Division-II, Karimganj PHE Division and Hailakandi PHE Division in three districts of Assam.  

 The broad objectives of the project are to: 

Bio-based post-harvest treatment optimization for ripening of banana fruits

October 6, 2020
| Environment

Artificial Fruit ripening agents like Calcium Carbide are widely used for artificial banana fruit ripening which is harmful for both human being and environment due to presence of traces of arsenic and phosphorus.Lack of bio based easier and rapid methods for uniform ripening poses a major problem in the fruit industry. The proposed Project will explore and validate the indigenous knowledge on use of plant materials for ripening of banana.

Scoping study to identify SLCP mitigation opportunities in India

October 1, 2020
| Environment
| Air

This application proposes the development of a report providing an overview of SLCP (short-lived climate pollutant) mitigation measures in India and mapping key stakeholders.

CZA campaign - RoaR (Respect and Revive) - Exploring Human-Animal Relationships to be celebrated during - WILDLIFE WEEK 2020

September 14, 2020
| Environment

CZA Campaign RoAR aspires to provide a platform to celebrate the special place of wild plants and animals in their many varied and beautiful forms. It also offers the opportunity to appreciate the interactions between people and animals around us. The campaign entails e-competitions and an online lecture series for students to bring forth our close connect with animals and explain the close linkages that animals in zoos have with the conservation of animals in their wild habitats.

Developing voluntary carbon market projects for agroforestry plantations in five selected districts of Punjab

August 27, 2020
| Environment

The State of Punjab is an agriculture intensive state with traditional rice-wheat cropping system that has contributed towards food security of the country. However, the productivity of this system has declined in certain areas due to various reasons. Agroforestry has emerged as one of the viable alternatives for diversification from existing rice-wheat rotation. Agroforestry can contribute more than 2 billion tons of CO2e by 2030 if government provides them Minimum Support Price (MSP) of timber produced by farmer.