India and Climate change
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- The Adaptation Learning Mechanism
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- Search country-specific adaptation profiles from the Adaptation Learning Mechanism
- Asian perspectives on development and the future climate regime
- A. Srinivasan (ed) / Institute for Global Environmental Strategies, Japan, 2008
- With a view to fostering constructive thinking and consensus-building on ways to strengthen the current climate regime, the Institute for Global Environmental Strategies (IGES) has been organising a series of national, sub-regional an...
- India's future lies in renewable energy
- A. Ringwald / Centre for Social Markets, UK, 2008
- India has developed to a stage where it is generally recognised that renewable energy is the most substantial and sustainable solution to its future needs. This paper provides an objective analysis of present day trends in renewable e...
- India's position on climate change
- L. Rajamani / Centre for Policy Research, New Delhi, 2007
- In the intergovernmental climate negotiations India has consistently argued against greenhouse gas mitigation commitments for developing countries. This short paper argues that while India’s position, given the burden sharing ar...
- Could agriculture help to prevent further climate change?
- Jessica Bellarby; Bente Foereid; Astley Hastings / id21 Development Research Reporting Service, 2008
- There is growing evidence that greenhouse gas emissions from human activity contribute to climate change. Many people blame modern farming practices for accelerating this - agriculture produces between 16.8 and 32.2 percent of global ...
- What approaches can help rehabilitate degraded land?
- New Agriculturalist, 2008
- Across vast areas of the world, human activity has degraded once fertile and productive land. Deforestation, overgrazing, continuous farming and poor irrigation practices have affected almost 2 billion hectares worldwide, threatening ...
- An overview of current CDM project developments in six Asian countries
- Institute for Global Environmental Strategies, Japan, 2008
- These fact sheets provide information about Clean Development Mechanism (CDM) project developments in six Asian countries: Cambodia, China, India, Indonesia, Philippines and Thailand. The sheets include information on domestic Green H...
- How vulnerable are global coastal cities to climate change hazards?
- A. de Sherbinin; A. Schiller; A. Pulsipher / Center for International Earth Science Information Network, Columbia University, 2008
- This paper examines the vulnerabilities of three global coastal cities – Mumbai, Rio de Janeiro and Shanghai – to climate hazards. It highlights system characteristics that, in unique combinations, create place-based vulne...
- South Asian women speak out on climate change adaptation
- T. Mitchell; T. Tanner; K. Lussier / ActionAid International, 2007
- Women will suffer most from climate change, because they are poorer. They have less access to financial resources, land, education, health and other basic rights than men, and are seldom involved in decision making processes. Women ar...
- Are developing countries restricted from clean energy technology?
- J.G. Barton; G.E. Osborne / Trade and Environment, 2007
- This paper explores whether developing countries will face barriers accessing technologies in reducing their emissions of greenhouse gases. Focusing on intellectual property rights (IP), it concentrates on the more scientifically adva...
- Developing the institutional capacity of China, India, Brazil and South Africa for international climate change policy
- F. Yamin / Institute of Development Studies UK, 2007
- The role of large developing countries in combating climate change will become increasingly important as the world negotiates a post-2012 agreement on climate change. This report summarises the activities undertaken by the BASIC Proje...
- Watershed Organisation Trust (WOTR)
- Watershed Organisation Trust (WOTR) helps rural people in India to alleviate poverty through participatory watershed development and management.
- Institute of Green Economy (IGREC)
- Institute of Green Economy (IGREC), based in India, has been set up with the aim of helping evolve a path of economic development that leaves as little negative impact on the earth and its environment as possible.
- Centre for Social Markets, India (CSM)
- The Centre for Social Markets (CSM) promotes a progressive social and environmental agenda by harnessing the power and potential of markets, entrepreneurs and other economic actors to do good. CSM's mission is to change the culture of markets and other social institutions to advance social justice, human rights and sustainable development. Such a culture change will not be possible with...
- Winrock International India, New Delhi (WII)
- Environmental research and capacity building organisation
- Liberty Institute, India
- Indian socio-economic research institute focussing on governance, the environment, and economics.
- Development Alternatives Group
- Based in India the mission of the Development Alternatives Group is to promote sustainable national development and to mobilise widespread action to eradicate poverty and regenerate the environment. Their strategy involves innovation, through design, development and dissemination of: Appropriate technologies Effective institutional systems Environmenta...
- Environment Protection Training and Research Institute (EPTRI)
- Indian environmental training and research institute
- Kerala Forest Research Institute (KFRI)
- Research and training institute focusing on forestry in Kerala, India
- MS Swaminathan Research Foundation (MSSRF)
- Research and training centre focussing on environmental and social issues in India
- Centre for Civil Society, India (CCS)
- Indian Think Tank with a research focus on civil society and social sciences
