A report published on Monday by The Energy and Resources Institute (TERI) said power plants to be added after 2023-24 could be completely renewable energy-based. Reiterating the government’s draft electricity plan finding that current installed and under-construction capacity would be able to meet demand till 2026, TERI also estimated that …
N. GOPAL RAJ An official discussion paper on the status of Himalayan glaciers is coming under fire. The paper, issued recently by the Ministry of Environment and Forests, argued that the glaciers, which nourish several great rivers such as the Indus, Ganges and Brahmaputra, have not retreated abnormally. It also …
From Leh, the 40-km drive to Khardungla, the highest motorable pass in the world at 18,380 feet, winds gently through mountains coated with thick snow. To the left of the pass the Ladakhis swear is the Khardung glacier which has retreated, though there is no study to confirm it. In …
While India needs to be seen as a responsible global citizen, it's important to keep in mind the rich world's emission levels have actually risen, not fallen - India taking on commitments won't fix this. R K PachauriR K Pachauri Chairman, IPCC Director General, TERI
NEW DELHI: Chief Minister Sheila Dikshit on Thursday said only renewable and green energy holds the promise of helping humankind tackle climate change and there are therefore numerous challenges that remain to be met in this regard. Addressing the Ninth Green Energy Summit organised by India Energy Forum, Ms. Dikshit …
NEW DELHI: The Delhi Government on Monday signed a memorandum of understanding with The Energy and Resources Institute (TERI) to retrofit 100 existing buildings above 10,000 sq. ft. to make them energy efficient as part of an effort to make the Capital green and eco-friendly. The agreement was signed by …
The Delhi Government plans to turn 100 prominent buildings in the Capital green before the Commonwealth Games. The Delhi Government will sign a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) on Monday with the Energy and Resources Institute (TERI) and the Clinton Climate Initiative (CCI) to the buildings, covering over 10,000 square feet, …
Rajendra Pachauri heads TERI, The Energy and Resources Institute, based in New Delhi. An engineer of the railways in his early career, Pachauri went to the United States to earn a PhD in industrial engineering and another in economics, after which he returned to India in 1981 to work with …
Amitav Ranjan The petroleum ministry plans to change the royalty sharing mechanism to include direct compensation for villages and individuals who forgo their land for oil and gas production. The oil and gas producer, instead of paying the full royalty on onshore producing fields to the states, would retain 5 …
Now on, you don't have to worry about the garbage at your doorstep. The Delhi Government will collect it and recycle it for laying out roads in the Capital. For the first time, the Delhi Government has decided to use a recycling technology that would enable the carpeted road to …
The corporate sector needs to realise that upholding the interests of society is clearly in the interest of the corporates themselves CAPITALISM and the role of private enterprise are currently being questioned across the world, particularly after the last year
For just about 20 years now, the world has taken increasing note of its changing climate marked by global warming; and looked hard for ways to check this process and curb its impact. That long-drawn and painstaking process will be in global limelight when the World Climate Conference takes place …
The Indian corporate sector has realised the dangers posed by climate change, and is slowly, but surely, amalgamating green technology with it score growth strategy Climate change has increasingly become central to the policy concerns of the government. Even the corporate sector is waking up to the threat posed by …
This is the Summary Report of the International Forum for Sustainable Asia and the Pacific (ISAP2009), organised by IGES in Hayama, Japan on 26-27 June 2009. In addition to the executive summary, "Key Messages" for a low-carbon sustainable Asia and the Pacific are presented as insightful observations and innovative suggestions …
MUMBAI: The state government has appointed The Energy and Resources Institute (TERI) to study the likely impact of climate change in Maharashtra in the years to come. The study will be undertaken in the next two months and spread over two years. TERI, an environmental research institute, came into focus …
New Delhi: Janata Party president Subramaniam Swamy told the Supreme Court on Friday that experts had warned against going ahead with the Rs 2,400 crore Sethusamudram project in a development that could land the government in an embarassing position. The Manmohan Singh government had earlier boxed itself into a corner …
This latest report which comes ahead of Copenhagen climate change summit says that India's per capita Green house gas emission in 2030 will be well below those in the developed countries in 2005 and this should put at rest any rest any apprehension that the country's emission is poised for …
COUNTERING the highly exaggerated predictions by some developed countries for India's greenhouse gas emissions in near future, new studies have revealed that, if managed well, the country's per capita emissions can be contained within 3 to 3.5 tonnes by 2050, roughly the same level that the developed world would reach …
