Water Resources

Water management, water security and climate change adaptation: early impacts and essential responses

The Global Water Partnership

Publication Date: 
01/08/2009
Claudia Sadoff, Mike Muller
Global Water Partnership
Tags:
Water Resources, Water Management, Climate Change, Climate Impacts, Climate Adaptation, India, Global
Climate Change

Agricultural development under a changing climate: opportunities and challenges for adaptation

This report by Jon Padgham identifies and summarizes potential climate change impacts on agriculture in the developing world, examines causes of vulnerability, and suggests where investments are needed to better climate-proof agriculture.

Publication Date: 
01/08/2009
Jon Padgham
The World Bank
Tags:
Agriculture, Crop Pests, Urban Agriculture, Water Management, Climate Change, Climate Impacts, Extreme Weather Events, Climate Adaptation, Food Safety, Rural Development, India, Global, Developing Countries, South Asia
Climate Change

Building response strategies to climate change in agricultural systems in Latin America

This report describes a

Publication Date: 
01/08/2009
The World Bank
Tags:
Agricultural Systems, Climate Change, Climate Impacts, Climate Mitigation, Climate Adaptation, Agroecosystem Planning, South America
Climate Change

Even the himalayas have stopped smiling: climate change, poverty and adaptation in Nepal

This Oxfam report presents grim picture of climate impact on farmers in Nepal. Says that the changing weather patterns has dramatically affected crop production and families who were growing food enough for six months were able to produce food enough for only a month last year.

Publication Date: 
01/08/2009
Wayne Gum, Prabin Man Singh, Beth Emmett
Oxfam International
Tags:
Himalaya, Agriculture, Climate Change, Climate Impacts, Natural Disasters, Climate Adaptation, Poverty, Nepal
Climate Change

Climate change negotiations: Indias submissions to the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change

The international negotiations on climate change are on and all Parties of UNFCCC are working to reach an agreed outcome at Copenhagen in December 2009. This latest publication encapsulates the major submissions made by India to the UNFCCC during 2008 and 2009. Of particular note are India

Publication Date: 
01/08/2009
Ministry of Environment and Forests
Tags:
UNFCCC, Land Use, Forest Management, Deforestation, Afforestation, Climate Change, Kyoto Protocol, Technology Transfer, Emissions Trading, Climate Adaptation, Aid, India, Developing Countries, Climate Mitigation
Climate Change

Climate change and the energy challenge: A pragmatic approach for India

India has been arguing that it (and the rest of the developing world) should incur no expense in controlling emissions that cause climate change.

Publication Date: 
01/08/2009
Varun Rai, David G Victor
Economic and Political Weekly
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Tags:
Climate Change, Emission Targets, Climate Mitigation, Coal, Energy Policy, Energy Efficiency, Climate Adaptation, Biomass Gasification, Chulhas (Cookstoves), State Electricity Board (SEB), India, Delhi, Developing Countries
Climate Change

Keeping Indias economic engine going: Climate change and the urbanisation question

Urbanisation in India is both a necessary input and an inevitable consequence of growth. However, we must accept that the existing urbanisation models are unsustainable at the Indian scale and there is no available alternative trajectory.

Publication Date: 
01/08/2009
Aromar Revi, Partha Mukhopadhyay
Economic and Political Weekly
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31
59
Tags:
Lifestyles, Climate Change, Sea Level Rise, Climate Mitigation, Household Appliances, Consumption Patterns, Climate Adaptation, Migration, Displacement, Urbanisation, Green Buildings, Urban Transport, India, Chandigarh, Delhi, Mumbai, Calcutta (T)
Climate Change

Climate change: Challenges facing Indias poor

Briefly summarising the existing literature on the causes and the characteristics of expected climate changes in India over the coming years, this paper discusses the ways in which these changes might affect the lives of the poor.

Publication Date: 
01/08/2009
E Somanathan, Rohini Somanathan
Economic and Political Weekly
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51
Tags:
Kosi, Climate Change, Green House Gases, Global Warming, Climate Impacts, Glacial Melt, Natural Disasters, Floods, Endangered Species, Climate Mitigation, Climate Adaptation, India, Bihar
Climate Change

Assessing the costs of adaptation to climate change: a review of the UNFCCC and other recent estimates

This report takes another look at the costs of adapting to climate change. The estimates for 2030 used by the UN Framework Convention on Climate Change are likely to be substantial under-estimates. This report look at the estimates from a range

Publication Date: 
01/08/2009
Martin Parry, & et al, David Dodman, Nigel Arnell, Pam Berry
IIED
Tags:
UNFCCC, Ecosystems, Forests, Agriculture, Water Resources, Coastal Development, Fisheries, Climate Change, Climate Adaptation, India, Global, Infrastructure Development, Health
Climate Change

Assessing the costs of adaptation to climate change: a review of the UNFCCC and other recent estimates

This report takes another look at the costs of adapting to climate change. The estimates for 2030 used by the UN Framework Convention on Climate Change are likely to be substantial under-estimates. This report look at the estimates from a range

Publication Date: 
01/08/2009
Martin Parry, & et al, David Dodman, Nigel Arnell, Pam Berry
IIED
Tags:
UNFCCC, Ecosystems, Forests, Agriculture, Water Resources, Coastal Development, Fisheries, Climate Change, Climate Adaptation, India, Global, Infrastructure Development, Health

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