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 …
In an effort to sensitise students about the changing climate and to involve them in bringing about a change, The Energy and Resources Institute (TERI) launched the local chapter of
An unexpected and unwelcome Indian contribution to climate change is beginning to be highlighted: that of so-called black carbon (or, more colloquially, soot) which, according to recent studies, may account for almost 1/5 of global warming
Mumbai As the 39th anniversary of Earth Day dawns upon us, thousands of students, and government and private company employees in Mumbai will distribute nearly a lakh paper bags to their neighbourhood grocers and shopkeepers today. Over 1,25,000 such bags, made by thousands of citizens across India, Oman, Singapore and …
HSBC India country head Ms Naina Lal Kidwai has sought regulations for banks on funding projects that may not be environmentally sustainable. It is believed that the Indian Banks
R.K. PACHAURI, Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) head and climate change leader will soon leave for the 30th session of the IPCC in Turkey where work on the Fifth IPCC report will start. Recently assuming additional charge of the newly established Yale Climate and Energy Institute, Pachauri on Wednesday …
To give an impetus to the study of Indian glaciers, The Energy and Resources Institute (TERI) has signed a first-of-its-kind Memorandum of Understanding with the Indian Mountaineering Federation (IMF), hoping to combine the scientific study and assessment of India
Madhur Tankha NEW DELHI: The Energy and Resources Institute and the Indian Mountaineering Foundation on Wednesday signed a memorandum of understanding to study, preserve and safeguard the Himalayan glaciers under the National Mission of Sustaining the Himalayan Eco-system. Underlining the need to study the Himalayan belt, TERI Director-General R. K. …
Chandigarh: The UT Administration is considering a proposal to make Chandigarh a solar city. A draft of the detailed project report prepared by The Energy and Resources Institute (TERI) submitted to the Administration last week says if suitable measures are taken, the UT can meet 20 per cent of its …
MUMBAI: If you want to save GenNext from the hazards of climate change, enlist the support of youngsters, starting today. That's scientist and Nobel Laureate R K Pachauri's latest mission as he looks to schools across the country seeking to turn students into green ambassadors. The campaign, called Soldiers of …
Scientists drawn from both developing and developed countries have to bring out locally relevant renewable energy solutions INTERESTING studies and research on renewable energy resources have been restricted to textbooks without reaching the public, said Dr. V V N Kishore, Professor and Head, Centre for Energy and Environment, TERI University, …
Mumbai: Fifty-two students including eight from Mumbai have been chosen as Indian ambassadors to the International Climate Champions 2009 programme. It is a youth-oriented programme that aims
India can become a global leader in climate char constructs only green buildings, says architect Robin David | TNN Here is a number that a world heating up like a tandoor because of cli mate change can ill afford - Buildings consume nearly 50 per cent of all energy globally …
The Delhi Sustainable Development Summit brought the crisis of climate change sharply into focus The threat held out by climate change is eliciting enough concern worldwide to have drawn some 700 stakeholders from India and overseas to a three-day conference in New Delhi last fortnight. Organised by The Energy and …
Mumbai: The city's young Turks are bringing about a green revolution by choosing to contribute to the preservation of the environment. Meet Bannick Swagat, 21, a student of KJ Somaiya Institute of Engineering and Information Technology, Mumbai. "I want to create the next green lung of Mumbai and have selected …
The chief minister presents a lifetime achievement award to R.K. Pachauri at the environment meet. (Sanjoy Chattopadhyaya) Chief minister Buddhadeb Bhattacharjee lauded the high court for banning polluting autorickshaws and old diesel vehicles from the city before goofing up on his green facts at an environment summit on Thursday.
