TERI Uttam Urja
Imagine life without sun, the ultimate source of energy and vitality! The sun is a symbol of hope in despair and joy in mind-numbing drudgery. Bringing this very sunshine into the lives of rural India, TERI Uttam Urja an umbrella brand developed under the project on'Implementation of Renewable Energy Technologies in rural India through NGOs', funded by the India-Canada Environment Facility was a milestone, achieving economic, environmental, and social sustainability.

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GALT (Global Agreements, Legislation, and Trade) Update
The Centre for Global Agreements, Legislation and Trade (GALT) is an area within the Resources and Global Security Division of TERI.

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Resources, Energy, and Development
An international, peer-reviewed journal focusing on research and integration of knowledge at the interface of resources and development 'Resources, Energy, and Development' replaces and builds on TERI’s primary journals, PAJE (Pacific and Asian Journal of Energy) and JESP (Journal of Environmental Studies and Policy).

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Biofuels: towards a greener and secure energy future
Coupled with increasing oil prices, increasing awareness of the global impacts of greenhouse gases has led to concerns over the continued consumption of fossil fuels worldwide.

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Renewable Energy in the Sundarbans
The 54 islands that comprise the Sundarbans are, today, highly vulnerable to the impacts of climate change. However, the success of the renewable energy programme, which was initiated in the islands in the early 1990s, has been so remarkable that the Sundarbans may be considered a rather unique hub of stand-alone renewable energy systems.

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TEDDY 2005-06
An annual publication brought out by TERI since 1986, TEDDY provides an overview of the implications of government policies for the Indian economy. Besides sections on the latest technological developments and the environmental implications of energy use, TEDDY also includes India's commercial energy balances for the past four years. The contents of TEDDY are categorized under: (1) energy supply (oil and gas, coal and lignite, power, renewable energy), (2) energy demand (industry, transport, agriculture, and domestic), (3) forests and environment, and (4) global environmental issues.

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The Indian Insurance Industry And Climate Change
Internationally, there is growing concern about the rising trend in reported economic losses from natural disasters. The Third Assessment Report of the IPCC (Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change) predicts an increase in climate variability with more hot days, heat waves, and heavy precipitation events, leading to intensified droughts, floods, and tropical cyclones.

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Managing Power Demand: A case study of the residential sector in Delhi
Today, India is one of the fastest growing economies of the world characterized by rapid urbanization and growing consumer markets. This development has been accompanied by increasing demand for energy to sustain modern ways of living, placing tremendous strain on the existing resources. Further, capacity augmentation has not been able to keep pace with demand resulting in energy and peak shortages in the country.

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Biotechnology for food and nutritional security
Post Johannesburg, as global focus intensifies on the imperative of addressing hunger as the most extreme and unacceptable manifestation of poverty, the issue of 'food security' has also embraced concerns over 'nutritional security'.

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