Kerala firm to set up e-toilets in Valley
Kerala Chief Minister Oommen Chandy on Monday launched e-toilets that are customised to function automatically in extreme cold weather. Tailored to meet sub-zero climatic conditions of Jammu and Kashmir,
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Large-scale wet spell and spatio-temporal rainfall extremes over India during 1951-2007
The main motivation of this comprehensive study is to understand climatological and fluctuation features of the extreme rainfall events (EREs) considering detailed account of spatial variability of rainfall occurrences. Experiences suggest that the EREs are embedded in the large-scale, long period intense rainfall activities during the summer monsoon period.
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How the people of Nepal live with climate change and what communication can do
This report explores how people live and deal with change in order to understand their communication needs and help them respond to changes in climate. Sections 1 and 2 of the report highlight how recent
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Weather sensitivity of rice yield: evidence from India
This study estimates the weather sensitivity of rice yield in India, using disaggregated (district) level information on rice and high resolution daily weather data over the period 1969-2007. Compared
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Economic evaluation of climate change adaptation projects: approaches for the agricultural sector and beyond
This paper identifies key challenges and solutions for carrying out project-level economic analysis of adaptation to climate change, both stand-alone and integrated into broader development projects.
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Organic farming and climate change
Study focusing on organic agriculture and mitigation and adaptation to predictable and unpredictable impacts of climate change - looks at the general contribution of agriculture to climate change; discusses the considerable potential of organic agriculture for reducing emissions of greenhouse gases, and its contribution to sequestration of CO2 in the soil; outlines weaknesses of organic agricultur
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Climate change and its potential impact on health: a call for integrated action
A growing body of scientific evidence strongly suggests that climate change has enormous and diverse effects on human health. Rises in temperature and sea level & extreme weather events such as floods cause water logging & contamination, which in turn exacerbate diarrhoeal diseases.
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Africa: El Nino Sending Droughts and Floods to Africa
El Nino, a natural weather pattern linked to extreme droughts, storms and floods, could be one of the strongest on record this year. Parts of Africa are already facing hunger, disease and water shortages.
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Washout in Lima
Centre for Science and Environment says the conference’s decisions will not result in a climate deal in 2015 Bad for India. Global warming will increase, India may see more extreme weather events which
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Climate change in the Himalayas: current state of knowledge
This World Bank paper reviews the literature on the potential biophysical and economic impacts of climate change in the Himalayas. It indicates that the temperature is rising at a higher rate in Nepal and Chinese regions of the Himalayas compared with rest of the Himalayas.
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Climate proofing Guwahati, Assam: city resilience strategy and mainstreaming plan
As part of the Asian Cities Climate Change Resilience Network (ACCCRN), TERI has made an assessment of the risk and vulnerability of the city of Guwahati (Assam, India) and has prepared a detailed City
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Monsoon 2009: a report
The 2009 southwest monsoon recorded the third highest deficient all India southwest monsoon season rainfall (-22% of LPA) during the period 1901-2009. All the monsoon months except July recorded large deficient rainfall. Region wise, except south Peninsula, all other homogeneous regions recorded much below normal rainfall. Activity of depression was below normal with
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Mapping of drought areas over India
This document by national climate centre of IMD computes district wise drought probabilities across India for 319 districts having long data series of rainfall. Has done mapping for moderate & severe drought probabilities for various districts & demarcates regions belonging to different class intervals of probabilities of drought.
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South Asia: shared views on development and climate change
This reports says that World Bank is to support the development priorities of countries in South Asia by addressing climate change related risks and harnessing development opportunities that promote low-carbon growth.
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Climate disaster resilience: focus on coastal urban cities in Asia
Recognizing the ever-increasing vulnerability of coastal urban cities in Asia due to climate change impacts and variability and also due to fast-growing urban development, this study focusing on climate disaster resilience is conducted in order to measure the existing level of climate disaster resilience of the targeted areas using a Climate Disaster Resilience Index.
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Documentation of selected adaptation strategies to climate change in rice cultivation
This paper highlights published cases related to various climatic conditions that have impacts on rice cultivation practices. Due to the needs to continue rice farming, whether for traditional, cultural or economic reasons, rice farmers in Asia resorted to various adaptation practices that might have deviated from their common practices.
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Climate change and its humanitarian impacts
Global climate change will have inevitable consequences and implications for the humanitarian community. Although specific outcomes are unclear, it is certain that the world will experience significant transformations in the next 20 years, and that currently vulnerable populations will be among those most affected.
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Environmental health indicators of climate change for the United States: Findings from the State Environmental Health Indicator
To develop public health adaptation strategies and to project the impacts of climate change on human health, indicators of vulnerability and preparedness along with accurate surveillance data on climate-sensitive health outcomes are needed.
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Climate change, food insecurity and hunger: key messages for UNFCCC negotiators
Climate change directly affects food security and nutrition. It undermines current efforts to protect the lives and livelihoods and end the suffering of the over 1 billion food insecure people and will increase the risk of hunger and malnutrition by an unprecedented scale within the next decades.
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Food security and agricultural mitigation in Developing Countries: options for capturing synergies
Two key challenges facing humanity today stem from changes within global food and climate systems. The 2008 food price crisis and global warming have brought food security and