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
- Governing the forests: an institutional analysis of REDD+ and community forest management in Asia
- J. Puppim de Oliveira; T. Cadman; H. Ok Ma / International Tropical Timber Organization, 2013
- This report examines the history, structure and monitoring mechanisms of REDD+ to better understand how it impacts upon, and interacts with, Community Forest Management (CFM). It presents case studies of CFM and REDD+ governance from ...
- Meeting India's renewable energy targets: the financing challenge
- D. Nelson; G. Shrimali; S. Goel / Climate Policy Initiative, 2012
- This paper analyses the challenges for designing Indian national policy to attract investment in wind and solar energy at a reasonable cost. It also examines the impact of national and state policies on various classes of renewable en...
- Impact of climate change on agriculture − a case study in India
- Indian Streams Research Journal, 2013
- In India over 60 per cent of the labour force is dependent on agriculture, a sector which is highly sensitive to climate variability. This study aims to examine the impact of climate variables, such as temperature and rainfall, on cro...
- Creating market support for energy efficiency: India’s Perform, Achieve and Trade scheme
- N. Singh / Climate and Development Knowledge Network, 2013
- India, recognising the challenge of pursuing economic growth in a sustainable manner, has developed an energy efficiency scheme to govern large energy consumers. According to this ‘Inside story on climate compatible development&#...
- Brief on market-based policies for climate change mitigation in emerging economies
- S. Moarif; N. P. Rastogi / Center for Climate and Energy Solutions, 2012
- This brief explores the different types of market-based climate mitigation policies being implemented across five different emerging economies: China, India, Brazil, South Africa and South Korea. Market-based policies work through rai...
- Transforming India into a solar power
- Y. Saito / Climate and Development Knowledge Network, 2011
- India launched the Jawaharlal Nehru National Solar Mission in 2009 to create policy conditions to make solar power as affordable as conventional power by 2022 and establish the country as global leader in solar energy. The aim is to a...
- Greening rural development in India
- United Nations Development Programme, 2012
- Greening rural development can stimulate rural economies, create jobs and help maintain critical ecosystem services and strengthen climate resilience of the rural poor. This report by the Ministry of Rural Development, India, with sup...
- The state of environmental migration 2011
- F. Gemenne / International Organization for Migration, 2012
- This report is the second volume in an annual series, which aims to provide regular assessments on the changing nature and dynamics of environmental migration. This volume focuses on cross-border displacement and the securitisation of...
- Climate change mitigation revisited: low-carbon energy transitions for China and India
- F. Urban / Wiley Online Library, 2009
- China and India are heavily dependent on high carbon fossil fuels. This article elaborates on the implications of low carbon energy transitions in the two countries, which can mitigate their serious contribution to climate change whil...
- A statistically predictive model for future monsoon failure in India
- J. Schewe / IOPscience, 2012
- Indian summer monsoon (ISM) rainfall is the major prerequisite of agricultural productivity in the region and its variability severely affects the livelihoods of a large share of the world’s population. While average ISM rainfall...
- Centre for Science and Environment, New Delhi (CSE)
- Conducts research, campaigns and raises awareness of sustainable natural resource management
- Tata Energy Research Institute, India (TERI)
- Renewables and sustainable energy production
