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
- Case study of community-based adaptation project in Brazil
- Wisions of Sustainability, 2007
- The second edition of the WISIONS publication ‘Sustainble Energy for Poverty Reduction’ describes a range of projects that contribute to this end. One is the community-based adaptation project Solar Pintadas. ...
- Community-led drought risk reduction: lessons from South Asia
- Duryog Nivaran: South Asia Network for Disaster Risk Reduction, 2006
- Recent development in South Asia has led to a rapid increase in exploitation of rivers and groundwater, causing considerable stress on these water sources. This paper outlines the threat that drought poses to vulnerable comm...
- Community adaptive response and resilience to climate change
- M. Rondon / International Development Research Centre, 2005
- In 2005, IDRC provided CA $1,000,000 to the International Institute for Sustainable Development (IISD) to support a four-year research collaboration with TERI of India. These institutes will study the adaptation of agricultural commun...
- Breaking down the complexity of vulnerability into manageable components with communities to reduce their exposure to hazards and shocks
- E. Chiwaka; R. Yates / ActionAid International, 2004
- This guide is developed to assist field workers and communities to analyse people’s vulnerability, draw action plans, mobilise resources and enact appropriate policies, laws and strategies to reduce their vulnerability to disast...
- Local financing for energy efficiency in China, India and Brazil urgently needed to reduce climate change?
- International Bank for Reconstruction and Development, Minsk, 2006
- Without gains from energy efficiency efforts, China, India and Brazil are projected to more than double their energy use and greenhouse gas emissions in a single generation, resulting in major impacts on the global energy system and c...
- Practical and consolidated CDM country information guides
- Institute for Global Environmental Strategies, Japan, 2006
- Many developing countries are faced with a lack of consolidated information on the Clean Development Mechanism (CDM), and this information has never been put together before in a comprehensive form. This series of manuals on CDM proje...
- Time to tackle Asia’s electrical waste mountain
- Kevin Brigden; Iryna Labunska; David Santillo / id21 Development Research Reporting Service, 2006
- As the market for electrical and electronic products grows rapidly, the lifespan of products is dropping. Some developed world governments are promoting recycling and starting to require that manufacturers safely dispose products at t...
- Conference calls for greater collaboration to respond to climate variability and change
- Institute For Social And Environmental Transition, 2006
- These conference proceedings summarise the discussions held in New Delhi (January 5-7, 2006) on adaptation to climatic variability and change. The conference brought together participants that included high-level governmental decision...
- Meeting energy needs through the Kyoto Protocol
- Jay Mariyappan / id21 Development Research Reporting Service, 2006
- Smaller energy projects are often well suited to developing countries but find it difficult to attract funding. The Kyoto Protocol, which sets targets for industrialised countries to reduce greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions, has establis...
- Lessons from case studies on the application of climate change adaptation strategies in the developing world
- Climate Change, International Institute for Sustainable Development, 2003
- This information paper illustrates sustainable dryland management practises in communities vulnerable to climate change with case studies in India and the Sudan. In both cases the adaptation programme is presented, including in...
- 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
