Publications
Replacing Bengaluru's auto fleet with electric autos will clean up the air and save LPG
Article
| July 24, 2018
TERI study suggests 1200 tonnes of carbon dioxide is emitted daily from total fleet of auto rickshaws in Bengaluru
Fortifying the collection and recycling system of Post-Consumer Tetra Pak Cartons
Article
| July 24, 2018
Study recommends a well established value chain for collectors and awareness among recyclers of the potential of cartons
Making micro-credit financing a vehicle for clean energy in rural India
Article
| July 13, 2018
Partnership with a local micro-finance institution helps take clean cooking and lighting technology into poor homes in a village in Bihar
Losing the benefits of forests to degradation?
Article
| July 12, 2018
The study examines the value of Uttarakhand's forests to local communities and to tourists
Nagaland uninterrupted
Article
| July 12, 2018
Civil society conservation groups receive special recognition at Government of India-UNDP India Biodiversity Awards 2018
Estimating vehicular emissions from auto rickshaw plying in Bengaluru
Policy brief
| July 11, 2018
The growing vehicular pollution has caused serious health hazard in Indian metropolitan cities, Bengaluru being one of the major victims. There are various reasons accounting for the vehicular emissions. The objective of this research paper is to estimate the vehicular emissions in form of carbon dioxide (CO2), particulate matter 10 (PM10) and nitrogen oxide (NOX) emitted by the auto rickshaws plying in Bengaluru city and recommend policy based solution based upon the estimated alternative scenarios.
Clean cooking in India: Will methanol cookstoves work?
Article
| July 11, 2018
Factors like access are important while considering clean cooking fuels for the masses
The Green School project - the journey begins for phase 2
Article
| July 4, 2018
A task force meet for Tata Steel SPOCs was held for monitoring and evaluation of The Green School project
The mathematics of energy efficient ACs in India
Article
| June 29, 2018
Gains of energy efficient ACs laid out in numbers
Modeling the Economics of Grassland Degradation in Banni, India
Article
| June 26, 2018
Banni grasslands was once the finest tropical grassland in Asia, but with the encroachment of the landscape by Prosopis juliflora has rendered the region unsuitable for several of its activities such as cattle rearing that has hit the livelihood of its people.