Opinion

India's forest cover report: Balancing progress and challenges

10 Feb 2025 |

Mr Sayanta Ghosh

Dr Jitendra Vir Sharma

| The Financial Express

While the overall figures indicate progress, deeper analysis reveals signs of forest degradation, including a troubling shift from Moderately Dense Forests (MDF) to Open Forests (OF). MDFs, with canopy density between 40-70%, are critical for biodiversity and ecosystem services, and their decline suggests thinning and fragmentation that compromise ecological stability, says Mr Sayanta Ghosh, Associate Fellow and Dr Jitendra Vir Sharma, Senior Director, Land Resources Division, TERI.

Electric Vehicles transforming Comprehensive Urban Mobility for a city

08 Feb 2025 |

| Ms Harshita Kaur

| EVPEDIA

The inclusion of electric mobility options into the passenger segment of the city from last mile connectivity options such as E-Rickshaws, Electric Auto Rickshaws etc. to Mass Rapid Transit Systems and private electric vehicles can be planned. This can assist in achieving comprehensive plans with integrated electric mobility accommodating the travel characteristics of the city says Ms Harshita Kaur, Research Associate, Transport and urban Governance Division, TERI.

India's green energy transition: A vision for a sustainable future

01 Feb 2025 |

Dr Vibha Dhawan

| Mint

Enabling policies that nudge resource efficiency, while providing the right signals for pushing investments towards R&D and pilots in emerging technologies and using innovative ways to scale up the more mature clean energy options are, therefore, the need of the hour says Dr Vibha Dhawan, Director General, TERI.

Protecting India’s electrical industry: Imperative for an efficient copper recycling regime

28 Jan 2025 |

Mr Souvik Bhattacharjya

| The Economic Times

The influx of low-grade scrap may harm manufacturing standards and pose environmental and health risks from improper processing, says Mr Souvik Bhattacharjya, Senior Fellow and Associate Director, Resource Efficiency and Governance Division, TERI.

What Trump’s withdrawal from climate change commitments means

27 Jan 2025 |

Mr Ajay Shankar

| 360info

The US withdrawal from the Paris Agreement is high on symbolism but in substance it will not mean much, says Mr Ajay Shankar, Distinguished Fellow, TERI

Union Budget 2025: Balancing growth, demand, and financial strategy

22 Jan 2025 |

| Mr Nitin Desai

| Business Standard

The finance minister must focus on her direct responsibilities, not on programmes where her role is supportive says Mr Nitin Desai, Chairman, TERI.

India moving into global leadership on climate change

22 Jan 2025 |

Mr Manjeev Singh Puri

Dr Shailly Kedia

| Gulf Today

In a world where trust in multilateralism is eroding, India's ability to bring diverse stakeholders together offers a model for a cooperative, equitable, and sustainable future, says Mr Manjeev Puri, Distinguished Fellow, Earth Science and Climate Change Division and Dr Shailly Kedia, Senior Fellow and Associate Director, Sustainable Development and Outreach Division, TERI.

India's water future

21 Jan 2025 |

| Dr Syamal Kumar Sarkar and Dr Girija Bharat

| The Statesman

The recent conclusion of the world's largest sustainable development summit COP 29 in Baku (November 2024) marked a watershed moment in global water management, says Dr Syamal Kumar Sarkar, Distinguished Fellow, Water Resources Division, TERI and Dr Girija Bharat, Managing Director, Mu Gamma Consultants.