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Integrating disaster risk management into climate change adaptation
Asian Disaster Preparedness Center, 2013The Asian Disaster Preparedness Network have produced this guidebook to serve as a reference for integrating disaster risk management (DRM) into climate change adaptation (CCA), and to promote the adoption of a risk management approach to climate-sensitive decision-making. It guides the reader on how to contribute to CCA by improving the management of climate extremes.DocumentSocio-economic analysis of climate change impacts on foodgrain production in Indian states
Elsevier, 2013This paper analyses the implications of climate change on production of four crop categories (rice, wheat, pulses and coarse cereals) for ten large food-grain producing states in India over the period 2030–2050.DocumentIndian banking sector towards a sustainable growth: a paradigm shift
2013Banks can provide important leadership for the required economic renovation that will provide new opportunities for the creation of a strong and successful low-carbon economy.DocumentStrengthening responses to climate variability in South Asia
International Alert, 2013This executive summary is based on the findings from desk and field research conducted by International Alert and the South Asia Network for Security and Climate Change (SANSaC) in nine sub-national locations across Bangladesh, India, Nepal and Pakistan.DocumentGlacier Systems and Seasonal Snow Cover in Six Major Asian River Basins: Water Storage Properties under Changing Climate
International Water Management Institute, 2013The current status, recent and potential future changes of glacier systems and seasonal snow cover in the Indus, Ganges, Brahmaputra, Amu Darya, Syr Darya and Mekong river basins are for the first time systematically analyzed at the basin scale.DocumentRights based climate litigation in the Indian courts: potential, prospects & potential problems
Centre for Policy Research, New Delhi, 2013Climate litigation is in its infancy in India. Climate-related claims have yet to be litigated in the courts. There are a few cases in which climate change has been referred to but only in passing. This report argues that the situation may well be set to change. Climate change and its impacts are rapidly capturing the popular imagination in India.DocumentThe policy climate
Climate Policy Initiative, 2013This report offers an overview of climate change policy issues across the world.DocumentClimate resilience and disaster risk management: stories of change from CDKN
Climate and Development Knowledge Network, 2013This brief presents results from projects supported by the Climate and Development Knowledge Network (CDKN) to assess vulnerability and mainstream climate resilience into development planning. Case studies from India, Ghana and Colombia illustrate the importance of involving diverse social groups in defining and monitoring vulnerability and delivering adaptation solutions.DocumentUrban wastewater and agricultural reuse challenges in India
International Water Management Institute - Climate Change and Water, 2013Urban wastewater management has become a major challenge in India as infrastructural development and regulations have not kept pace with population growth and urbanisation.DocumentMedia perceptions and portrayals of pastoralists in Kenya, India and China
International Institute for Environment and Development, 2013Through the analysis of newspaper articles and a survey of journalists, this publication identifies gaps and highlights differences in how the media portray pastoralism in Kenya, China and India.Pages