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Covid-19 has made Delhi's recurring water issue infinitely worse. Appropriate measures and technological interventions can lessen the supply-demand gap, write Ms Sonia Grover, Fellow & Area Convenor and Ms Niyati Seth, Research Associate, Water Resources Division, TERI.
If we can take global leadership position for developing frugal solutions in space science domain, there is no reason for us to perennially depend on technology transfer to reach our climate goals, writes Mr Amit Kumar, Senior Fellow & Senior Director, Rural Energy and Livelihoods Division, TERI.
A more market-based reforms approach of increasing competition, de-regulation and reducing entry barriers, have been central to the economic reform agenda for the past few decades across the world, write Mr Ajay Shankar, Distinguished Fellow and Ms TCA Avni, Research Associate, Advocacy Division, TERI.
Maintaining a competitive RER is necessary for the economy to achieve its full growth potential, writes Mr Ajay Shankar, Distinguished Fellow, TERI.
Energy storage could become competitive vis- à-vis fossil fuels soon and the transition to a fossil-free electricity system would then impose no additional costs, writes Mr Ajay Shankar, Distinguished Fellow, TERI.
Net zero emission by 2050 is emerging as the latest war cry on the climate front. And the drum beat is getting louder as the Glasgow climate conference draws nearer, writes Mr R R Rashmi, Distinguished Fellow, Resource Efficiency & Governance Division, TERI
With the formation of the new Apex Committee for Implementation of Paris Agreement (AIPA), India is again strengthening its global leadership role in combating climate change, write Ms Neha Pahuja, Fellow, Earth Science and Climate Change Division, TERI & Dr Sebastian Helgenberger, Institute for Advanced Sustainability Studies, Germany.
Our health system building efforts should go hand-in hand with our fight against climate change, write Dr Dhrubaa Ghosh, Senior Advisor & Lead – Healthcare, Thinkthrough Consulting and Ms Meena Sehgal, Senior Fellow, Environment & Waste Management Division, TERI.
A true valuation of water must include the economic as well as the spiritual and ecological dimensions, write says Dr Syamal Kumar Sarkar, Distinguished Fellow and Dr Shresth Tayal, Senior Fellow, Water Resources Division, TERI.
Agencies are needed that interpret the information to understand what percentage of power sources, habitations are likely to be affected in case of a flash flood or a flood in a location, write Ms Suruchi Bhadwal, Senior Fellow, Earth Science and Climate Change Division, TERI; Mr Nitish Dogra, Faculty at IIHMR Delhi; Ms Vani Rijhwani, Research Associate, Earth Science and Climate Change, TERI; Ms Aanchal Pruthi, Research Associate, Earth Science and Climate Change, TERI.