Current Issue - Volume 14 Issue 1 (April 2021)

In this article, Anoop Balachandran provides an assessment of methods and technologies that aim to enhance the role of plastics in a circular economy by using plastic solid waste for energy generation.

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In this article, Yatish A Lele highlights that TERI took the challenge of developing an index to standardize the contribution of co-benefits of biodiversity conservation and livelihood enhancement and conducted a pilot in Dudhwa Tiger reserve in Uttar Pradesh. He feels that there is a dire need to have a mechanism which could help support additional finance in a timely manner to mitigate the pressing issue of human-wildlife conflict. In such case, obtaining finance through carbon-based projects could be an important solution and mechanisms such as Climate, Community and Biodiversity Alliance standards fit the bill.

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Chennai’s 2019 water crisis saw dry reservoirs, declining groundwater levels, and empty taps. The residents of Chennai city have similar fears for the summer season of 2021. Will the city go arid again? Will there be a water crisis? The answer is NO! In this article, Beulah Evelyn and Daniel Robinson show us why.

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Cygni Energy is the first company to be recognized under the Indian government’s Start-up India Scheme in 2015. Also, together with IIT-Madras, it has received several awards, including the ‘Greater Good Award for a Remote Microgrid’ for its rural electrification project in Manipur at the Microgrid 2019 conference, says Anita Khuller. Keep reading to know how pioneering solar DC inverterless solutions have transformed rural areas in India

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Ramky Enviro Engineers Limited (REEL) is setting a precedent and achieving milestones in waste management and addressing environmental challenges that confront us today. Masood Mallick, Joint Managing Director, REEL sheds light on how the organization is at the forefront in encouraging waste management practices. He is in conversation with Namrata Gulati Sapra for TerraGreen read more

In this article, Sneha Biswas says that it is crucial that we redefine the concept of ‘sustainable development’ altogether. There are ample examples of developmental projects turning into disasters in the past and hence we need a special action plan for situations when developmental projects turn into disasters.

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'The year 2020 has been an unprecedented year for people and planet. The COVID-19 pandemic has disrupted lives worldwide. At the same time, the heating of our planet and climate disruption has continued apace. Record heat, ice loss, wildfires, floods and droughts continue to worsen, affecting communities, nations, and economies around the world,' United Nations (UN) Secretary-General António Guterres, said recently. In this article, Dr Anil Pratap Singh discusses the urgent need to accelerate and deepen global actions with the political commitment and governments' willingness. It would forge new partnerships while maintaining the tempo for mitigation and ways of cooperation to support international efforts to curb emissions.

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