Knowledge news
The Energy and Resources Institute (TERI) released the first issue of 'The International Journal on Green Growth and Development' on Friday 9 January 2015. Prakash Javadekar, Minister, Environment, Forest & Climate Change, Government of India, had the honour of launching the journal. On Friday, TERI also launched the 'TERI Prakriti School'.
The International Journal on Green Growth and Development is an effort to stir a debate around emerging “green” concepts and development. The publication aims at building knowledge through stakeholder engagement on policy-relevant issues to understand the many facets of green growth and development. It is a step towards a forward-looking knowledge process for new opportunities linked with growth and sustainable development. The journal showcases new research through peer reviewed articles, opinions, and innovative practices. The new journal will build on from TERI's previously published Green Growth and Development Quarterly.
The publication will cover the following topics:
- Sustainable energy
- Options in natural resource management and ecosystem services
- International cooperation and development
- Climate change
- Best practices in innovation policy, public–private cooperation, and financing
- Theoretical paradigms around green economy
- Analytical tools for informing decision making in environmental sustainability
- Developments in international policy and environmental sustainability
- Transformational development paths to an inclusive green economy
- Resource efficiency
- Natural capital and ecosystem valuation
- Assessment and communication of green growth benefits
- Integrated strategies for poverty reduction and green development
- Green infrastructure development
- Harmonizing economic, environmental, and social development policies
- Mobilizing private investment in green technologies and systems
- Green innovation policies and programmes
- Water management
- Food–energy–water nexus
- Sustainable consumption and production; lifestyles