THRISSUR: Union Department of Science and Technology, Advisor/Coordinator, Climate Change Programme, Dr Akhilesh Gupta has said that India was serious in coping with the impact of climate change and India

Coastal cities and islands all across the world, including India, are facing serious threat from thinning of ice in Antarctica, according to latest research by 100 world-leading scientists from eight countries released here on Wednesday.

A large number of cities across the world, including the eastern Indian metropolis of Kolkata, are at risk from the threat of rising sea level due to global warming, a major international study has claimed.

Antarctica Glaciers Study Sounds Alarm
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This document provides technical support for the endangerment and cause or contribute analyses concerning greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions under section 202(a) of the Clean Air Act.

The coastal region occupies some of the most potential aquifer systems of the country. The coastal aquifers of India ranges from that of Jurassic to Recent and is seen almost all along the coast right from Gujarat to West Bengal. Some of the aquifers especially the Tertiary to Recent ones are highly potential and are developed extensively.

This report outlines lessons learnt regarding the principal effects of climate change on 15 cities in low-income countries, and what makes them vulnerable to these effects. It includes 12 cities from Africa and three from south Asia.

This report supports development of a national policy and sectoral strategies. The urgent needs for adaptation are up to $650 million per year by 2012. In the road to Copenhagen, and beyond, three foundations are institutional capacity, knowledge management and multi-stakeholder funding for developing early prototypes of successful action.

There are more than one billion hungry people in the world

This paper highlights published cases related to various climatic conditions that have impacts on rice cultivation practices. Due to the needs to continue rice farming, whether for traditional, cultural or economic reasons, rice farmers in Asia resorted to various adaptation practices that might have deviated from their common practices.

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