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Searching with a thematic focus on Climate change in India

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  National Institute of Disaster Management (NIDM)

  The Ministry of Home Affairs for the Government of India
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  Bundelkhand drought: a retrospective analysis and way ahead

  National Institute of Disaster Management, 2014

  This study attempts to identify the areas prone to different types of drought - meteorological, hydrological and agricultural droughts. The report presents a scientific analysis of the spatial, temporal and typological distribution of drought at district level for the period during 1998-2009 in the region of Bundelkhand.
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  From the ground up: Changing the conversation about climate change

  BBC Media Action, 2014

  This policy briefing, produced by BBC Media Action, draws upon the world’s largest study of people’s everyday experience of climate change: the Climate Asia Project.
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  Local approaches to harmonising climate adaptation and disaster risk reduction policies: Lessons from India

  Climate and Development Knowledge Network, 2014

  The Sustainable Environment and Ecological Development Society (SEEDS) conducted research in the disaster-prone arid zones of India, Leh and Barmer to determine how best to overcome the challenges of integrating effective disaster risk reduction and climate adaptation into development planning.
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  Addressing heat-related health risks in urban India: Ahmedabad’s Heat Action Plan

  Climate and Development Knowledge Network, 2014

  This case study explores how city officials, health professionals and community workers in Ahmedabad, Western India are preparing to save lives in the city’s increasingly frequent and intense hot spells. The paper documents the key findings of a heat health project, led by the Natural Resources Defense Council (NRDC) and the Indian Institute of Public Health (IIPH).
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  Integrating climate change concerns into disaster management planning: The case of Gorakhpur, India

  Climate and Development Knowledge Network, 2014

  This case study describes how a specific programme to address issues of integrating climate change concerns into disaster management planning, is working in Gorakhpur, India. The District is recognised as one of the most flood-prone in Eastern Uttar Pradesh and is home to 4.4 million people.
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  The European Union's proposed carbon equalisation system: some implications for India's exports

  Research and Information System for Developing Countries, 2014

  In 2009, the European Union (EU) proposed to use border carbon measures, which could take the form of a direct or indirect “carbon tax”, against imports from its partner countries that were not following its emission norms.
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  Towards resilient agriculture in a changing climate scenario – building response capacity of small-holder producers

  Watershed Organisation Trust, 2013

  This position paper aims to capture the ground realities of smallholder farmers in rainfed Maharashra, Andhra Pradesh and Madhya Pradesh, India. It presents WOTR’s approach towards climate-resilient agriculture. The paper also suggests recommendations for policy that it argues would increase the response capacity of farmers.
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  GHG mitigation in India: An overview of the current policy landscape

  World Resources Institute [ES], 2014

  This working paper summarises key national missions and policies already implemented and in development that are likely to reduce greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions in India. Looking ahead, the paper argues that India will need to prioritise strategies that strengthen implementation of existing policies if it is to meet its mitigation goals.
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  Neonates in Ahmedabad, India, during the 2010 heat wave: a climate change adaptation study

  Hindawi Publishing Corporation, 2014

  The effects of heat on childbirth and neonatal care within non-temperature controlled environments have only been minimally researched. Given the high vulnerability of pregnant women and newborn babies to increased heat, it is important that this is rectified before the effects of climate change become any worse.

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