This report provides an overview of a major ongoing scientific programme being coordinated by government to assess climate change and its impact on India. The results of various studies being done under this programme seek to enhance understanding of the phenomenon of climate change and its impact on various sectors of the Indian economy and society.

The Convention on Biological Diversity (CBD) is the first international instrument to deal with issues of ethics and equity with regard to the sharing of benefits derived from genetic resources between those who have conserved them and those who exploit them.

This paper reviews the concepts of ecosystem resilience, resistance, and stability in forests and their relationship to biodiversity, with particular reference to climate change. The report is a direct response to a request by the ninth meeting of the Conference of the Parties to the CBD, in decision IX/5, to explore the links between biodiversity, forest ecosystem resilience, and climate change.

This publication intends to provide guidance on the benefits of, and ways to integrate environmental concerns into disaster risk reduction strategies (DRR) at the local and national levels. The questions this guidance note answers are: What are healthy ecosystems and ecosystem management? How can we integrate these environmental considerations into DRR?

IUCN welcomes the references in the negotiating texts before AWG-LCA (i.e., UNFCCC Climate Change Talks, 28th September