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
- Toolkit for integrating disaster risk reduction, climate change adaptation and ecosystem management in south Asia
- S. Miththapala; V. Sawarkar; P. Krishnan; M. M. Ariyabandu / United Nations Development Programme, 2012
- This comprehensive toolkit, jointly produced by the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) India and the United Nations Office for Disaster Risk Reduction (UNISDR) Asia Pacific Secretariat, seeks to provide strategies for integra...
- Participatory 3-D modeling for climate change adaptation in India: experience, guiding principles, future opportunities
- V. Batts / Watershed Organisation Trust, 2012
- Participatory three-dimensional modelling (P3DM) is a participatory geographic information system (PGIS) method that attempts to convey indigenous experience and spatial knowledge in a digital form that is communicable to researchers ...
- Planning for a low carbon future: lessons learned from seven country studies
- Energy Sector Management Assistance Programme [World Bank / UNDP], 2012
- Developing countries are faced with the dual challenge of reducing poverty while improving management of natural capital and mitigating the emission of greenhouse gases (GHG) and local pollutants. The challenge is particularly acute f...
- Impacts of megacities on air pollution and climate
- T. Zhu / World Meteorological Organization, 2012
- Over half of the world’s population resides in urban areas and this number is projected to nearly double by 2050. This report provides an initial assessment of available information on air pollution and climate impacts in megacit...
- Transboundary landscape management framework for ecological and socioeconomic resilience
- B. Shakya 2012
- Current land management approaches focus on achieving ecological resilience for natural resources and biological diversity, and socioeconomic resilience for the people who depend on the land for their livelihoods and wellbeing. In the...
- Multi-model climate change projections for India under representative concentration pathways
- R. K. Chaturvedi / Indian Academy of Sciences, 2012
- Climate projections for the preparation of the Fifth Assessment Report of the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) are made using the newly developed representative concentration pathways (RCPs) under the Coupled Model Int...
- Climate change and the role of gender: A study from Andhra Pradesh and Tamil Nadu in South India
- S. Xenarios / Bioforsk, 2012
- The agrarian communities within less developed parts of South Asia are frequently referred in climate change and gender studies. In this study, a quantitative analysis was carried out to study the link between CC and the role of gende...
- An insight on farmers’ willingness to pay for insurance premium in South India: hindrances and challenges
- K. R. Kakumanu / Bioforsk, 2012
- Farmers are vulnerable to substantial weather risks in many parts of India. To this purpose, weather based crop insurance has been recently designed for the rain-fed crops to provide farmers insurance against risks and losses in crop ...
- NAMAs in Brazil, China, India and South Africa
- H. van Asselt; J. Berseus; J. Gupta; C. Haug / Institute of Environmental Studies, Vrije Universiteit, 2010
- Nationally appropriate mitigation actions (NAMAs) were introduced by the Bali Action Plan in 2007 and they have since been interpreted in various ways by different countries and country groupings. A key question for the talks on NAMAs...
- An evaluation of India's national action plan on climate change
- Centre for Development Finance, 2012
- This report evaluates the design of India’s eight climate missions developed using the principles laid out in the National Action Plan on Climate Change (NAPCC) in 2008. The report aims to provide policy makers, academics and res...
- 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
