Role of Local Leadership in attaining Sustainable Development Goals

Date : March 21, 2024

Published in special edition of Terra Green (TERI), Volume 16, February 2024 “The SDGs represent a global agenda; they require local action to achieve them.” Achievement of any of the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) will require concerted global efforts to achieve all of them. While international collaborations and national policies have crucial significance in this collective pursu...

Critical Minerals – These are India’s Initiatives to Strengthen the Value Chain and Future Opportunities

Date : March 18, 2024

Published by: cnbctv18.com on Mar 15, 2024 India has taken some commendable steps and initiatives at national and international levels to increase country’s participation in critical minerals and clean energy value chain, writes CEEW's Rishabh Jain and Shakti Sustainable Energy Foundation's Vivek Chandran. Critical minerals are often called the ‘new oil’ since they find significant use i...

Role of Building Material Industry in Achieving Low Carbon Growth

Date : March 7, 2024

With rapid urbanisation and industrialisation, the industry sector is poised for substantial growth given flagship initiatives including Make in India, AtmaNirbharBharat, Housing for All, Smart Cities, etc. that are expected to promote manufacturing in the country. Estimates suggest that about 70% of India's infrastructure is yet to be built. In the next two decades, the total residential floor sp...

Union Government Should Consider Inclusion of ZEVs as Part of Phase Out Policy for Ice Trucks

Date : February 8, 2024

The Air Quality Index considers eight pollutants namely, (PM10, PM2.5, NO2, SO2, CO, O3, NH3, and Pb). The BS VI regulation for heavy-duty vehicle regulates six gases namely, (CO, HC, CH4, NOx, PM and PN). The Supreme Court’s recent directive to the Ministry of Road Transport and Highways (MORTH) to formulate a policy for phasing out heavy-duty diesel vehicles and replacing them with Bharat ...

Lessons from COP 28

Date : December 20, 2023

.mb-5 img.w-100{max-height:none !important;margin-top:67px !important;} The honourable Prime Minister of India, Shri Narendra Modi, announced India’s bid to host COP33 (Y2028) during his speech at COP 28, Dubai. Last time India hosted the COP was in 2002 (COP 8), inaugurated by the then Prime Minister of India, Shri Atal Bihari Bajpayee in Vigyan Bhawan, New Delhi. The event was attended ...

Offshore Wind Study Tour

Date : December 18, 2023

.mb-5 img.w-100{max-height:none !important;margin-top:67px !important;} Siddharth Arora, Associate Director, Shakti, recently embarked on an enlightening journey across three nations and six cities for an Offshore Wind Study Tour from October 9 -13, 2023.. His exploration of offshore wind initiatives in Belgium, The Netherlands, and Denmark was an educational expedition that delved deep into th...

Carbon Market in India: Creating a More Sustainable Future

Date : December 6, 2023

.mb-5 img.w-100{max-height:none !important;margin-top:67px !important;} In November 2023, the Bureau of Energy Efficiency (BEE), the apex governing body responsible for regulating the workings of the Indian carbon market laid out the ground rules for its operability with respect to the compliance sector. As part of its report titled ‘Detailed Procedure for Compliance Mechanism under the India...

Philanthropic Partnerships to Scale Green Hydrogen & Decarbonise Industries

Date : September 25, 2023

Image by freepik The recent G20 meeting in Delhi, India, called for building a sustainable and equitable global hydrogen ecosystem. Japan, was the first country to put hydrogen on the G20 agenda during its presidency in 2019. G20 reinforced the confidence being placed on Green Hydrogen/Green Ammonia as viable alternatives to fossil energy sources to aid global efforts in achieving climate goal...

Will Climate Fuel Green Globalisation: Looking Ahead of G20

Date : September 25, 2023

Climate change is at the heart of development plans today. All major economies have adopted PM Modi’s national commitments on net zero and aim to propel economic development and raise overall standard of living keeping in mind the principle of common but differentiated responsibilities. The recent G20 meeting in Delhi, India, resulted in the Delhi Declaration with a consensus to ‘urgent...

World Ozone Day – Electric Vehicles Making an Impact

Date : September 14, 2023

Image by kjpargeter The ozone layer is a delicate gas shield that safeguards Earth from the sun's harmful rays. It plays a crucial role in preserving life on our planet. The International Day for preservation of the Ozone Layer, or simply, “World Ozone Day”, commemorates the ratification of the Montreal Protocol, an international environmental treaty, signed on September 16, 1987. Its prim...