Articles
Climate Change Adaptation: Finding Untapped Opportunities in Uttarakhand
27 Feb 2018
High up in the tough terrains of Uttarakhand, located are the remote villages of Rudraprayag. In these upper Himalayas, where the land used to be usually covered with about a feet of snow upto a decade ago, climate change has decimated the amount of snowfall to hardly about 6 inches, which too melts away quickly. Although more bare land is available now for farming, it is still usually deprived of nutrients to support the cultivation of green vegetables or the finest variety of rice. The farming community is usually restricted to growing wheat, millets, and tuberous roots such as turmeric.
India@ 70: Concerns and Opportunities in Waste Recycling In India
23 Feb 2018 | Ms Rajeshwari Ganesan
Dr Suneel Pandey and his team discussed opportunities in waste recycling sector and the challenges of implementing the waste processing technologies in the India@70 seminar on Concerns and Opportunities in Waste Recycling In India held at TERI.
What is India losing by not conserving its land?
05 Feb 2018 | Dr Pia Sethi
An assessment of the costs of land degradation in six different parts of India
The E-rickshaw story: Was the advent of electric mobility in India planned
01 Feb 2018 | Ms Akshima Tejas Ghate| | Mr Dimpy Suneja
Long before the Government of India announced its intention to have an all-electric fleet by 2030; a three-wheeled retrofitted battery rickshaw was taking the Indian cities by storm. In 2016, in Delhi alone, the number of electric rickshaws plying on the roads was over 1,00,000.
Watershed management and development
31 Jan 2018
The primary cause for poverty and marginalization in rainfed rural areas is low crop and livestock productivity coupled with deterioration in the quality of land and other natural resources.
Turning plastic on its head
29 Jan 2018
Resource Efficient Technologies in SRC has been working on making plastic environment-friendly
The resource efficient technologies (RET) group in SRC focuses mainly on the development of environment-friendly plastics with a special emphasis on biomaterials, using naturally available renewable resources. The group works on the following thrust areas to be able to come up with ways to meet the challenge of consumption and disposal of the seemingly indestructible material.
Eight years of National Solar Mission: Renewing the renewables target
24 Jan 2018
The National Solar Mission's original target of achieving 20 gigawatts (GW) of grid-connected solar power plants by 2020 has been since revised to 100 GW
Breathe and Let Breathe
24 Jan 2018
An action plan against air pollution for Delhi cannot be fully implemented if the neighbouring states of Punjab, Haryana, Rajasthan and Uttar Pradesh have no plans of their own.
Renewable Energy: Harnessing the last three 'horses of energy'
22 Jan 2018 | Dr Ashvini Kumar
India's tryst with renewable power goes back decades. In the past few years, it has grown even more ambitious regarding the share of renewables in its energy mix.