Ongoing Projects

School Awareness as part of CAP India

October 18, 2023
| Air
| Sustainable Habitat
| Environment
| Energy
| Climate Change

The alarming levels of air pollution in major cities across India have raised serious concerns about public health. It is a problem that demands a united effort, spanning global, national, regional, and individual levels, to combat. The Clean Air Project (CAP) in India, supported by the Swiss Agency for Development and Cooperation (SDC), is a crucial initiative aimed at improving air quality, enhancing well-being, and mitigating climate change impacts.

E-Learning Platform

October 3, 2023
| Sustainable Agriculture
| Climate Change
| Microbes
| Transport
| Cities
| Energy Efficiency
| Resources & Sustainable Development
| Water
| Buildings
| Energy Access
| Land
| Forest & Biodiversity
| Waste
| Air
| Resource Efficiency & Governance
| Environment and Public Health
| Sustainable Habitat
| Environment
| Energy

TERI is committed to offering expert training across various research fields to enhance the skills of both professionals and students. These courses aim to provide individuals eager to expand their knowledge and competencies in the sector with access to cutting-edge information.

Support to Government of Uttar Pradesh for establishment of Strategic and Policy Advisory Unit for Uttar Pradesh Clean Air Management Programme (UP CAMP)

September 4, 2023
| Air

The Energy and Resources Institute (TERI) with support from the Clean Air Fund and Bloomberg Philanthropies aims to provide strategic and policy support to the Department of Environment, Forest and Climate Change, Government of Uttar Pradesh to ensure that the activities within UP CAMP are streamlined and designed in the most efficient ways to drive the achievement of NCAP targets across the 17 non-attainment cities in the State.

Clean Air Projects in India (CAP – India)

August 7, 2023
| Air

To tackle the problem of air pollution, GoI has taken several steps such as setting up of national ambient air quality standards and air quality monitoring programme, penetration of gaseous fuels in residential and transport sector, emission norms for highly polluting industries, advanced vehicular emissions, and fuel quality norms etc. Despite these initiatives, the pollutant levels in cities have not reduced and have increased in many cities with the growth patterns. Evidently, more intensive efforts are still required at both urban and national scale to combat the issue.

Emission inventories, Source apportionment studies and carrying capacity study for different cities in India

August 7, 2023
| Air

Air pollution is a major planetary health risk, with India estimated to have some of the worst levels globally. However, the impact of air pollution is not limited to health but extends to agriculture and the general well-being of humans and other living organisms. To address the deteriorating ambient air quality all over the country, the government of India has launched the National Clean Air Programme (NCAP) in 2019. The main objective of the NCAP is to reduce the ambient PM2.5 concentrations by 20–30% as compared to 2017 in the non-attainment cities by 2024 (NCAP, 2019).

Strengthening Municipal Staff for Cleaner and Greener Lucknow: TERI's Innovative Training Program on Mechanical Road Sweeper Audit System under CAP India Project

August 7, 2023
| Waste
| Air

Under the banner of CAP India Project, the Director of Environment and TERI (The Energy and Resources Institute), in collaboration with the Lucknow Municipal Corporation, successfully organized a groundbreaking training program on the Mechanical Road Sweeper (MRS) based audit system. This initiative, held on 19th June 2023 to 22nd June 2023 at the prestigious Taj Hotel Lucknow, aimed to equip Nagar Nigam staff with the necessary skills to revolutionize road sweeping and combat air pollution in the city.

Local Air Quality Management Plan (LAMP) for Indian cities

July 26, 2023
| Air

India is dealing with multiple environmental issues, with the most pressing of them all being air pollution. The issue of air pollution is not just limited to degrading the health of Indian citizens and the economy, but it also poses dangers to cultural heritages. It has been scientifically proven that continuous exposure to air pollutants both gaseous and particulate matter have damaged the historical monuments in India and across the world. To save these national treasures first step is to study and analyze the ambient concentrations of pollutants in the region and their species.

Assessment of Environmental Compensation for the brick kilns that were functioning in the Thadagam region of Coimbatore district for causing ecological damage/environmental pollution in that area

April 27, 2023
| Air
| Environment

The Tamil Nadu Pollution Control Board (TNPCB) has imposed environmental compensation for 185 brick kiln units located in Thadagam region of Coimbatore district for causing damage to the environment. Subsequently, aggrieved by the same the Brick Kiln units filed writ petitions against the Board's proceeding before the Hon'ble High Court of Madras.

The Hon'ble High Court of Madras vide order dated 27.04.2023 in WP No. 34793 of 2022 has directed the following among other;

Workshop on “Gaining strength to Combat Air Pollution: Harnessing Media Support’ and release of Nashik emission inventory report

January 28, 2023
| Air

To enable journalists to understand, analyze and report on air pollution from science, policy, and public health perspectives, a workshop "Gaining Strength to Combat Air Pollution: Harnessing Media Support." was organized by TERI in collaboration with National Environmental Engineering Research Institute (NEERI), Maharashtra Pollution Control Board (MSPCB) and Nashik Municipal Corporation (NMC), under the Clean Air Project in India, supported by the Swiss Agency for Development and Cooperation, on 18th January 2023 at Nashik.