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Phase II of Project Ocean Matters is launched to commemorate World Oceans Day
09 Jun 2023
Chennai, June 9, 2023: The oceans are the lungs of our planet and the sustenance of all life forms on planet earth is intrinsically linked to the oceans. However the unprecedented pace at which the destruction of ocean resources is occurring wherein more than 90 per cent of the big fish has been depleted and 50 per cent of the coral reefs are destroyed is depriving the oceans the space to rejuvenate. The issue gets compounded due to marine pollution, wherein it is estimated that 8 million tonnes of plastic waste ends up in the oceans.
Puducherry Sets a Green Milestone: Unveils the Pioneering Green Budget Report on World Environment Day
05 Jun 2023
Puducherry, June 5, 2023: On the 50th World Environment Day, the Union Territory of Puducherry released the green budget report, making Puducherry the first Union Territory to adopt the policy innovation of green budgeting. Earlier this year, the UT in its budget session announced green budgeting, gender budgeting, and child budgeting as a triad of nudges towards a more inclusive and sustainable Puducherry.
Correlating simulators-based training in the armed forces with its positive environmental impacts is a novel approach, notes Maj Gen CS Mann, VSM, ADG, Army Design Bureau
05 Jun 2023
New Delhi, June 5, 2023: Cutting-edge simulator technology promises to slash India's military GHG emissions while enhancing training efficiency, notes TERI’s newly launched report titled ‘Supporting Armed Forces Efforts Towards Sustainability: Application of Simulators in Military Training’ at the event- "Accelerating Sustainable Training in the Armed Forces: A Simulator-Based Approach".
Marine Litter Prevention Conference and 2023 PROMISE Sustainability Awards
31 May 2023
Thiruvananthapuram, Kerala, May 31, 2023: Prevention of Marine Litter Conference and 2023 PROMISE Sustainability Awards was organized as part of the PROMISE project (Prevention of Marine Litter in the Lakshadweep Sea) on Tuesday. The project is coordinated by Maldives National University (Maldives) and The Energy and Resources Institute (India) along with Parley Maldives (Maldives), National Cleaner Production Centre (Sri Lanka), STENUM Asia (India) and adelphi Research (Germany).
Need to lower the cost of capital in green transition projects, experts at G20 side event
06 Apr 2023
Kumarakom (Kerala), April 6, 2023: The particular challenges encountered by developing countries, especially the formidable costs of green transitions, and the need to adhere to the principles of equity in just transition were emphasized by experts at the G20 India second Development Working Group (DWG) side event co-organized by the Ministry of External Affairs, Research and Information System for Developing Countries (RIS) and The Energy and Resources Institute (TERI) at Kumarakom in Kerala on Thursday.
Union Minister Mr Sarbananda Sonowal inaugurates the first National Centre of Excellence in Green Port and Shipping at TERI campus
22 Mar 2023
New Delhi, March 22, 2023: The country’s first National Centre of Excellence in Green Port and Shipping (NCoEGPS), a collaboration between the Ministry of Ports, Shipping and Waterways (MoPSW) and The Energy and Resources Institute (TERI), was inaugurated by Union Minister Mr Sarbananda Sonowal at the research institution’s field station in Gwal Pahari, Gurugram on Wednesday.
Water is everybody’s business and so is its effective use, say experts at Water Sustainability Awards
21 Mar 2023
New Delhi, March 21, 2023: Emphasizing that water is everybody’s business, government representatives and experts underscored the criticality of sustainable water use and the imperative need for technological innovations for its effective management at the Water Sustainability Awards (WSA) hosted on the eve of World Water Day in New Delhi on Tuesday.
TERI and Dew Projects and Chemicals Pvt Ltd. sign a License Agreement for the commercialization of TERI’s patented TADOX® technology for wastewater treatment
14 Mar 2023
New Delhi, March 14, 2023: The Energy and Resources Institute (TERI) signed the TADOX® Technology and Trademark License (TTLA) Agreement with Dew Projects and Chemicals Pvt. Ltd, Noida, for the commercialization of TERI’s patented wastewater treatment technology for municipal and industrial wastewater treatment and reuse in New Delhi on Tuesday.
The crises of food, fertilizer and fuel are the key challenges in India’s G20 Presidency: Mr Hardeep S Puri at World Sustainable Development Summit
24 Feb 2023
New Delhi, February 24, 2023: The three crises of food, fertilizer and fuel remain the chief challenges as India takes on the G20 Presidency, said Mr Hardeep S Puri, Union Minister for Housing and Urban Affairs, speaking at the valedictory session of the 22nd edition of the World Sustainable Development Summit (WSDS) hosted by The Energy and Resources Institute (TERI) in New Delhi on Friday.
India’s G20 Presidency is an opportune moment to set the ambition expectation for COP28: UNFCCC Executive Secretary Mr Simon Stiell
24 Feb 2023
New Delhi, February 24, 2023: India’s G20 Presidency is an opportune moment to push for the “very strong political signal” to set the ambition expectation for COP28 and the Global Stocktake said Mr Simon Stiell, Executive Secretary, United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC) at a High-level Session on COP28 Compass at the World Sustainable Development Summit in New Delhi on Friday.