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Opinion
If India is spending crores on its cities, nature must count as infrastructure
21 Sep 2026 |
Mr Sayanta Ghosh
| The Quint
India’s urban financing should recognise wetlands, lakes, floodplains and green spaces as core infrastructure, integrating nature-based solutions with engineered systems to strengthen climate resilience and reduce urban risks, writes Mr Sayanta Ghosh, Senior Associate Fellow, Land Resources Division, The Energy and Resources Division, TERI.
South Asia’s Carbon Opportunity Is Bigger Than Credits
19 Sep 2026 |
Mr Sayanta Ghosh
| South Asia Monitor
South Asia can move beyond simply generating carbon credits and build a wider ecosystem around MRV, geospatial monitoring, verification, carbon accounting, finance and digital infrastructure, writes Mr Sayanta Ghosh, Senior Associate Fellow, Land Resources Division, The Energy and Resources Institute (TERI).
BRICS should turn digital agriculture into a food-security public good
18 Sep 2026 |
Mr Sayanta Ghosh
| Global Agriculture
BRICS should promote digital agriculture as a shared public good through interoperable data systems, AI, satellite intelligence and farmer-centric technologies to strengthen food security and climate resilience, writes Mr Sayanta Ghosh, Senior Associate Fellow, Land Resources Division, The Energy and Resources Institute (TERI).
India's energy transition: Managing redistribution
18 Sep 2026 |
| Dr Jay Ganesh Pandey, TERI and Prof. Gopal K Sarangi, TERI SAS
| The Pioneer
India’s energy transition is reshaping sectors, jobs, investments and regional economies, requiring distributional governance, reskilling, social protection and benefit-sharing to ensure that transition costs and benefits are equitably managed, write Dr Jay Ganesh Pandey, Research Associate, Electricity & Renewables Division, TERI and Prof. Gopal K Sarangi, Associate Professor, TERI SAS.
Why carbon markets cannot close India’s nature-finance gap
17 Sep 2026 |
Mr Sayanta Ghosh
| Hindustan Times
Carbon markets alone cannot bridge India’s nature-finance gap; a diversified nature-finance framework combining public and private finance, biodiversity credits, ecosystem payments and blended capital is needed, writes Mr Sayanta Ghosh, Senior Associate Fellow, Land Resources Division, The Energy and Resources Institute (TERI), New Delhi.
For India’s Steel Sector Transition, Mandate What’s Cheap and Finance What's Not
16 Sep 2026 |
| Mr Sidharth Sinha, Consultant, TERI
| Enersider Media
India's steel sector must adopt a phased decarbonisation strategy that mandates proven low-cost measures while financing and de-risking emerging technologies to manage rising domestic and international carbon pressures, writes Mr Sidharth Sinha, Consultant, TERI.
Beyond Migration: TERI’s Perspective on Climate (Im) Mobility and Climate Justice at COP31
16 Sep 2026 |
| Dr Kanika Chowdhary and Ms Rashmi Murali, TERI
| Enersider Media
Climate adaptation should expand people’s agency to safely stay or move by addressing the social, economic and institutional factors that shape climate-related mobility choices, write Dr Kanika Chowdhary, Associate Fellow and Ms Rashmi Murali, Fellow, Social Transformation & CSR Division, The Energy and Resources Institute (TERI).
India Should Build a Biodiversity Credit Market — Now
15 Sep 2026 |
Mr Sayanta Ghosh
| The Diplomatist
India and other biodiversity-rich countries in the Global South should move from biodiversity-finance discussions towards functioning biodiversity credit markets, with a focus on domestic demand, credible methodologies, investable restoration projects and safeguards, writes Mr Sayanta Ghosh, Senior Associate Fellow, Land Resources Division, The Energy and Resources Institute (TERI), New Delhi.
Financial institutions must invest in water sector
14 Sep 2026 |
| Ms Neha Lakhwan, Mu Gamma Consultants Pvt. Ltd, and Dr Syamal Kumar Sarkar, TERI
| Hindustan Times
India's sustained growth requires greater investment in water-resilient infrastructure, with industries and financial institutions integrating water security into business continuity, lending, investment and risk-assessment frameworks, write Ms Neha Lakhwan, Research Scientist, Mu Gamma Consultants Pvt. Ltd, and Dr Syamal Kumar Sarkar, Senior Advisor, Water Resources Division, The Energy and Resources Institute (TERI).
Next evolution of CSR: From grant to catalytic capital
14 Sep 2026 |
| Ms Leena Nandan and Mr Sidharth Sinha (Consultant), TERI
| Hindustan Times
India's CSR framework should evolve from grant-based funding toward catalytic capital that leverages private finance for inclusive growth, sustainable livelihoods and climate-resilient development, write Ms Leena Nandan, Distinguished Fellow and Mr Sidharth Sinha, Consultant, Earth Science and Climate Change Division, The Energy and Resources Institute (TERI).