Policy Brief
Super Efficient AC Deployment: Opportunities through business models in India
13 Feb 2021
| Mr Manjeet Singh
| Ms Madhur Bhargava
The policy brief aims to analyse the bulk procurement program for Super-Efficient Air Conditioners which includes key business strategies and technical criteria. The paper further analyses the existing framework of the model and elucidates key takeaways for impact enhancement. It explores various international models available in the cooling sector to recognize their applicability in the Indian context to promote low GWP refrigerant based energy-efficient air conditioners.
Will India attain its forestry NDC target of achieving 2.5–3 billion tonnes of CO2 equivalent through additional forest and tree cover by 2030?
11 Feb 2021
| Dr Ajay Mathur
| Dr Jitendra Vir Sharma
| Dr Priyanka
| Dr Subhash Ashutosh
India's forestry NDC target is ambitious and therefore requires a well framed-strategy and a holistic approach to be accomplished. This policy brief presents an analysis of the impending challenges and summarizes the possible recommendations and a road map for meeting the NDC goals by 2030.
Innovative financial mechanisms to achieve additional 2.5–3.0 billion tonne of CO2e through additional forest and tree cover in India by 2030
11 Feb 2021
| Dr Ajay Mathur
| Dr Jitendra Vir Sharma
| Dr Syed Arif Wali
| Dr Priyanka
India's forestry funds require a considerable increase in their allocation, along with other immediate reform in the forestry sector, to achieve the nation's forestry Nationally Determined Contributions (NDCs) target. This policy brief underlines the challenges in achieving the ambitious target of forestry NDCs while laying down recommendations and a roadmap focusing on the need for innovative financial mechanisms.
Scope and potential of coastal ecosystem towards mitigating climate change
11 Feb 2021
| Dr Ajay Mathur
| Dr Jitendra Vir Sharma
| Dr Priyanka
| Ms Aparna Tyagi
The key role of blue carbon in mitigating climate change through coastal ecosystem habitats remains unrecognized and unutilized. This policy brief aims to assess this carbon sequestration and mitigation potential of coastal ecosystems for India to achieve its forestry NDC target.
Designing the methodology to establish minimum support prices of trees grown outside forests
11 Feb 2021
| Dr Ajay Mathur
| Dr Jitendra Vir Sharma
| Dr Yogesh Gokhale
| Ms Priya Sharma
| Ms Aparna Tyagi
Agroforestry systems in India have the potential of achieving two-thirds of the forestry sector's NDC targets. This policy brief aims at analysing the status, potential and needs of agroforestry in India and the benefits of providing MSP to farmers for the timber they produce.
Baseline and quantification of sequestration of 2.5–3 billion tonne of CO2e by 2030
11 Feb 2021
| Dr Ajay Mathur
| Dr Jitendra Vir Sharma
| Dr Priyanka
The present study focuses on analysing the gaps and challenges in attaining the desired NDC goal of creating an additional carbon sink of 2.5 to 3 billion tonne of CO2e through additional forest and tree covers through forestry, and summarize the possible recommendations and a road map for achieving the same.
Estimation of the current emission and sequestration, as well as future potential of sequestration/emission reduction to achieve land degradation neutrality in India
11 Feb 2021
| Dr Ajay Mathur
| Dr Jitendra Vir Sharma
| Dr Reena Singh
| Dr Priyanka
| Mr Siddharth S Edake
| Mr Yatish A Lele
| Dr Sangram Keshari Lenka
Understanding carbon sequestration potential of land use sectors is crucial for India to achieve its NDC target under forestry by 2030. This policy brief aims to do this by providing a detailed perspective on CO2 emission status of different land use sectors in India.
Detecting SARS-COV-2 in wastewater An Early Warning Signal for Covid-19
10 Feb 2021
| Ms Mary Abraham
| Dr Paromita Chakraborty
| Ms Avanti Roy Basu
| Dr Girija K Bharat
The Policy Brief is a result of the research study titled ‘Monitoring of Community wastewater for early signaling the spread of COVID-19’, supported by the Swiss Agency for Development and Cooperation (SDC) jointly undertaken by The Energy and Resources Institute (TERI), SRM Institute of Science & Technology (SRMIST), & Mu Gamma Consultants Pvt Ltd (MGC).
Clean fuel for cooking: Solution to achieve better air quality
05 Feb 2021
| Dr Debajit Palit
| Mr Martand Shardul
| Dr Deborshi Brahmachari
The discussion paper 'Clean Fuel for Cooking: Solution to Achieve Better Air Quality' aims to analyse and estimate the financial support that may be required to encourage Pradhan Mantri Ujjwala Yojana (PMUY) consumers to switch to LPG for cooking their major meals, over and above the existing subsidy and other financial incentives, as well as to identify a suitable financing strategy to support the uptake of refills without impacting the fiscal deficit of
Mobile Air Conditioning (MAC): A technology landscape, challenges and opportunities for sustainable cooling
22 Dec 2020
| Mr Shanmuganathan K
| Mr Manjeet Singh
Cooling with its wide range of applications viz residence, commercial, transport and cold chain leaves a significant carbon footprint due to its colossal energy consumption and refrigerant practices.