Forest
- Vulnerability Assesment: Forest Eco system
- Sanjay Khatua, Freelancer, developmental research & communication The perspective of this participatory assessment was to understand the people’s perception of change in the climate, facets of vulnerabilities and the factors responsible.
Mountains
Climate Vulnerability in North Western HimalayasMukesh Ray, Neeraj Doshi, Nishant Alag and R.Sreedhar, Environics Trust, 2011 This research is the Himalayan component of INECC coordinated researches across different eco-regimes in the country. The purpose of the study is to provide an overview, understand peoples perceptions and identify potential opportunities for action which could be undertaken by the civil society and the State. The Himalayan Mission on Climate, the Water and Agricultural Missions can incorporate the suggestions made for reducing risks and building resilience.
Coastal The Coast isn't Clear: Climate Change & India's Coastal Communities
Climate change in coastal regions has of late taken
a very serious turn for the worse, with its
consequences going beyond damage to the coast.
There appear to be other widespread
environmental disasters in the form of
displacement of human settlements due to drastic
temperature change and increase in sea-levels that
are plaguing our world. Such issues only highlight
the fact that those who have least contributed
to the problem are the biggest victims of these
adverse environmental consequences....
Vulnerabilities of fishing communities to Ecological and Climate change
Study by Institute for Community Organization Research (ICOR) supported by INECC
The study is about the impact of local ecological changes, global warming and coastal flooding on fishing communities in the Mumbai suburbs of Manori, Gorai and Uttan (administratively, Uttan is in the neighbouring Thane district) and also met officials of state fishers’ organizations, state fisheries officials and environmental and marine fisheries scientists to supplement the community surveys.
Urban
Vulnerability Assessment of Urban Marginalised Communities: A Pilot study in Bangalore Slum areas
CED and INECC embarked on a pilot study to test the relevance of the
known parameters of urban vulnerability to situation on the ground, and relate it to people’s perception of the issues involved, and then develop preliminary initiatives for intervention on vulnerability and resilience, which is in line with what people consider as important and urgent.
Mumbye
The financial capital of India could face damages worth Rs 35,00,000 crore by 2050 because of climate change. Between 1901 and 2007, it registered a mean temperature rise of 1.62°C...
Arid
Vulnerability and Adaptation Experiences from Rajasthan & Andhra PradeshPolicies and stategies towards developing a climate resilient farming and livelihood security system.
Semi Arid
Articles on Science of Climate Change
The Oceans Are Coming
This article is the first part of a three-part series, which considers the effect of global warming on ocean level rise, and examines life with constantly advancing seas from two perspectives: that of the landlubber and that of the seafarer..
The Distracting Debate Over Climate Certainty
...Now the foes of limits on greenhouse gases have the ball, proclaiming the death of global warming science on the basis of flaws in the climate panel’s report...
Glacier estimate is on thin iceIPCC may modify its Himalayan melting forecasts...
Summary for Policy Makers
Stern Report
IPCC Reports
FAQs
Global
Extreme warming in Arctic will cause colder winters—and political gridlock
A warmer Arctic climate is influencing the air pressure at the North Pole and shifting wind patterns on our planet. We can expect more cold and snowy winters in Europe, eastern Asia and eastern North America...
Fouling up the airIndia has become collusive in the weak and inequitable Copenhagen Accord. The government must correct course if India’s poor are not to suffer further...
Civil Society
World People’s Conference on Climate Change and the Rights of Mother Earth Today, our Mother Earth is wounded and the future of humanity is in danger...
System change – not climate change...sustainable transition of our societies to a form that will ensure the rights of life...
CDM
Ashes To Ashes‘Carbon credit’ projects are doing more bad than good in India...
