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वायु प्रदूषण से बचने के विकल्पों को प्राथमिकता देने की सख्त ज़रूरत
17 Dec 2019
पिछले महीने उत्तर भारत में वायु प्रदूषण असहनीय स्तर पर पहुंच गया था। ज़हरीली हवा को देखते हुए दिल्ली-एनसीआर में जन स्वास्थ्य आपातकाल की घोषणा कर दी गयी थी। निर्माण कार्यों और पूरी ठंड के दौरान पटाखे फोड़ने पर प्रतिबंध लगा दिया गया। पर वायु प्रदूषण की समस्या सिर्फ़ दिल्ली तक ही सीमित नहीं है। भारत के दूसरे शहर भी वायु प्रदूषण से हांफ रहे हैं। दिल्ली के पड़ोसी राज्य उत्तरप्रदेश के प्रयागराज (इलाहबाद), कानपुर, आगरा, और लखनऊ भी प्रदूषित शहरों की श्रेणी में आते हैं।
Clearing the haze of shared mobility
17 Dec 2019
Indian cities are currently witnessing a trend of growing private ownership (cars and two-wheelers) of vehicles and declining public and non-motorised transport use. As per the Road Transport Year Book, 230 million vehicles are plying on Indian roads in 2016 out of which 86% of vehicle share is of the private vehicles[1].
My whole effort is to make mud a viable material, says Revathi Kamath
09 Dec 2019 | Ms Shilpi Singh
Delhi-based architect Revathi Kamath held a two-day mud and bamboo workshop close on the heels of the 11th edition of GRIHA Summit in Delhi where she introduced participants to the benefit of using earth architecture and techniques for a sustainable and integrated approach to development. The workshop also gave hands-on experience in sustainable architecture.
Green Education: Joining Hands to Address Climate Change
04 Dec 2019
Tata Steel in association with TERI hosted a session at the UN Climate Change Conference in Madrid on building awareness in the community, especially the youth, and measures to be taken for imparting environmental values to the citizens of tomorrow.
A clean-up drive in the mangroves of Navi Mumbai
03 Dec 2019 | Ms Pranali Chavan
On 2 November 2019, TERI's Western Regional Center (WRC) helmed a cleanup campaign along the mangroves
TERI's Western Regional Center (WRC), Mumbai is an implementation partner for outreach activities in Mumbai, under the Project entitled 'Promotion of countermeasures against marine plastic litter in Southeast Asia and India' funded by United Nation Environment Programme (UNEP).
Mountains Shall Stand Tall
03 Dec 2019 | Ms Biba Jasmine
The World Mountain Forum held in Bishkek last year met on the theme, 'Mountains in a Changing World: Strengthening Partnerships and Pathways towards a Thriving Mountain Future'. It brought together the global sustainable mountain development community to identify and develop solutions for mountain areas globally.
Climate action: Industries need to be frontrunners for a low-carbon future
27 Nov 2019
Industries have an important role in bringing about low-carbon growth and meeting climate goals. The presence of a number of industry representatives at the UN Climate Summit 2019 was a sign of an increasing recognition of their role in taking steps to control carbon emissions, especially in ‘harder-to-abate’ sectors such as cement, steel, aviation etc.
समाधान नहीं है मास्क-एयर प्यूरीफायर: 'टेरी' महानिदेशक डॉ. अजय माथुर
15 Nov 2019
इंटरव्यू:'ऑड-इवन से लेकर पराली तक के विकल्प बता रहे हैं 'टेरी' महानिदेशक डॉ. अजय माथुर
Green Schools: The first step to sustainability
14 Nov 2019
GRIHA takes it a step forward by making children a torchbearer of change that we want to see around us. It has developed a green rating system for Existing Day Schools to train school students in assessing the environmental performance of their school against nationally-accepted benchmarks.