Ongoing Projects
National assessment on plastic waste management in Indian cities
May 20, 2020
| Waste
The assignment’s objectives are to: i) Conduct a comprehensive, empirical data-based analytical assessment of the mismanaged plastic waste problem, as part of municipal solid waste, in Indian cities; ii) Review of existing national level policies and regulations across the plastics value chain-starting from manufacturing, plastic waste generation, recycling/treatment and quantum of mismanaged plastics that ends up in dumpsites or as part of marine litter, in India; and
Development of technologies for measuring and maintaining ecosystem services from forests
May 8, 2020
| Forest & Biodiversity
The project is aimed at development of technologies for measuring and maintaining ecosystem services from forests. In view of paucity of such studies, economic valuation of forest ecosystem services will be useful. The main objectives of the study are to: (i) estimate the use and non-use values of ecosystem services provided by the wildlife sanctuary; and (ii) identify the measures for maintaining and enhancing the ecosystem services.
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.
Liquid waste management of COVID19 detection lab of North East
May 5, 2020
| Waste
Thermo Fisher Scientific has initiated the establishment of COVID 19 testing facilities in hospitals of North-eastern states. The role of TERI would be to: (1) Customized design and fabrication of biomedical effluent disinfection system; (2) Installation and operationalization of disinfection system; (3) Installation of 5 numbers of biomedical effluent disinfection system.
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.
The Responsible Energy Initiative
April 30, 2020
| Energy
The Responsible Energy Initiative is a futures-led collaborative inquiry into how the renewable energy sector in India and Asia can scale in an ecologically safe and socially just way
Developing a carbon neutral resource efficient strategy for Ladakh UT
April 21, 2020
The overall objective of the project is to develop a climate resilient and resource efficient green development strategy for Ladakh. A strategy which supports and balances economic growth and social inclusiveness and preserves the rich ecological diversity of the region.