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India's Transition to an equitable Net Zero Economy
12 May 2022
| ET Edge Insights
Dr Vibha Dhawan, Director General, TERI explores the future of energy and carbon markets in India as she shares analysis, and delves into key insights representing the current scenario, future implications and possible outcomes for the evolving energy market in India.
Read moreThe extraordinary heat wave in India and Pakistan, explained
11 May 2022
| Vox
South Asia's heat wave is unusual because it’s happening much earlier in the season than normal, before summer weather typically sets in, so it caught people off guard. Ordinarily, there is a slow increase of temperatures in the summers; when the temperatures started rising and stayed consistently high, it was not predicted, observed Ms Suruchi Bhadwal, Director, Earth Science and Climate Change Division, TERI.
Read moreFloating solar: A small but vital role for India's sunrise sector
11 May 2022
| The Third Pole
India's reservoirs cover 18,000 square kilometres with the potential to support 280 GW of floating solar, according to a report by TERI.
Read moreIndia's early heat wave has major implications for agriculture
10 May 2022
| PBS News Hour
No country is spared from the ill effects of the consequences of climate change, whether it's floods, or cyclones, or tornadoes, or storm surges or heat waves, observes Ms Suruchi Bhadwal, Director, Earth Science and Climate Change Division, TERI.
Read moreGlobal Warning: Extreme weather conditions are sweeping large parts of the world
08 May 2022
| Financial Express
Due to intensification of climate change, the traditional global circulation pattern, such as the jet stream in the northern hemisphere, is expected across the planet, leading to more frequent and intense extreme climate events, according to says Mr Santosh Kumar Muriki, Associate Fellow, Earth Science and Climate Change Division, TERI.
Read moreAir is bad outside? You might not know that it’s probably bad inside as well.
05 May 2022
| Science The Wire
Regulating indoor air quality is "very important" but developing a framework will be challenging, Mr R Suresh, Senior Fellow and area convenor of the Centre for Environment Studies in TERI, said.
Read moreBengaluru behind Delhi in EV adoption, finds study
04 May 2022
| Deccan Herald
Researchers from TERI selected two big cities - New Delhi and Bengaluru - and two smaller ones - Guwahati and Panaji - to understand the factors that influence EV adoption and deployment at the city level.
Read moreWhy reducing size of Delhi’s garbage mountains is easier said than done
04 May 2022
| The Indian Express
While remediating landfills, waste processing infrastructure needs to be strengthened so that no organic waste reaches the landfill site, said Dr Suneel Pandey, Director of the Environment and Waste Management Division, TERI.
Read moreClimate scientists say South Asia's heat wave (120F!) is a sign of what's to come
03 May 2022
| NPR
Ms Suruchi Bhadwal, Director of Earth Science and Climate Change Division, TERI, says that the disappointing wheat harvest may be an omen of what' to come, if countries don't do everything within their power to cut carbon emissions and limit warming to below 2-degrees Celsius, in line with United Nations recommendations.
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