Climate Change Impacts in Drought and Flood Affected Areas : Case Studies in India
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The aim of this study is to assist the
government in this endeavor by focusing on selected
priorities. The overarching objective of this report is to
promote the mainstreaming and integration of climate related
risks in India's development policies and processes,
where this is appropriate. The objectives and scope of work
were developed in close consultation with the Ministry of
Environment and Forests as the primary counterpart, a
cross-section of concerned ministries and departments in the
central government and in three selected states
(Maharashtra, Orissa, and Andhra Pradesh), and scientific
experts from academic, policy and research institutions. In
the states, the department of water resources, government of
Orissa, and the department of rural development and water
conservation, government of Maharashtra, supported these
assessments, reflecting a multi-sectoral interest in and
demand for adaptation solutions. The focus of this report is
on vulnerabilities in natural resources and rural
livelihoods, which stand at the front line of climate change
impacts. The approach was dictated by government priorities,
which indicated the need to: (a) assess climate risks to
agriculture and livelihoods in areas facing elevated and
increasing exposure to droughts and floods; (b) generate
better information on current coping and climate risk
management strategies in response to droughts and floods;
(c) develop and demonstrate the use of a climate modeling
framework that can be used to identify future climate risks;
and (d) use the information to assist in developing the key
elements of a forward looking adaptation plan that can help
improve climate resilience and adaptive capacity.
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AEROSOLS, AGRICULTURAL PRODUCTION, AGRICULTURAL PRODUCTIVITY, AGRICULTURE, AGRICULTURE WATER, AQUACULTURE, ARID AREAS, ARID CONDITIONS, ARID REGIONS, ASSET MANAGEMENT, ATMOSPHERE, AVERAGE ANNUAL RAINFALL, CARBON, CARBON DIOXIDE, CARBON FIXATION, CLIMATE, CLIMATE CHANGE, CLIMATE CHANGE MODELS, CLIMATE MODELS, CLIMATE SYSTEM, CLIMATE VARIABILITY, CLIMATIC EVENTS, COASTAL AREAS, COASTAL WATER, COMPENSATION, CONVERGENCE, CROPPING SYSTEMS, DAMAGES, DECISION MAKING, DESERTS, DIAGNOSTIC TOOLS, DISASTER, DISASTER MANAGEMENT, DISASTERS, DROUGHT, DROUGHT MANAGEMENT, DROUGHTS, EMERGENCY ASSISTANCE, EMERGENCY HEALTH, EMISSIONS, ENERGY EFFICIENCY, ENVIRONMENTAL DEGRADATION, EVAPORATION, EVAPOTRANSPIRATION, EXTREME EVENT, EXTREME EVENTS, EXTREME WEATHER, EXTREME WEATHER EVENT, FARMER, FARMERS, FERTILIZATION, FLOOD, FLOOD DAMAGE, FLOOD FORECASTING, FLOOD MANAGEMENT, FLOOD PROTECTION, FLOODING, FLOODS, FOOD SECURITY, FORESTRY, FORESTS, FOSSIL FUELS, FRAMEWORK CONVENTION ON CLIMATE CHANGE, FRESHWATER AVAILABILITY, FRESHWATER RESOURCES, GENERATOR, GLOBAL ATMOSPHERE, GLOBAL SCALE, GREENHOUSE GAS, GREENHOUSE GAS EMISSIONS, GREENHOUSE GASES, GROUNDWATER DEVELOPMENT, GROUNDWATER MANAGEMENT, GROUNDWATER RESOURCES, GROUNDWATER USE, HYDROLOGY, INFORMATION SYSTEM, INFORMATION SYSTEMS, INSURANCE, INTERGOVERNMENTAL PANEL ON CLIMATE CHANGE, IPCC, IRRIGATION, IRRIGATION SYSTEMS, LAND USE, LAND USE PLANNING, LANDS, METEOROLOGICAL ORGANIZATION, METEOROLOGY, MONSOON, MONSOONS, MOUNTAIN GLACIERS, NATURAL RESOURCES, NEGOTIATIONS, NUTRIENTS, PHOTOSYNTHESIS, POTENTIAL IMPACTS, PRECIPITATION, PRECIPITATION EVENTS, PRECIPITATION RATE, PROGRAMS, PUBLIC PARTICIPATION, RADIATIVE FORCING, RAIN, RAINFALL, RAINWATER, RELIEF, RISK ASSESSMENT, RIVER, RIVER BASINS, ROCK AVALANCHES, RUNOFF, RURAL COMMUNITIES, RURAL DEVELOPMENT, RURAL LIVELIHOODS, SAFETY, SAVINGS, SEA, SEA LEVEL RISE, SNOW, SNOW COVER, SOIL, SOUTH AMERICA, STORM, SURFACE TEMPERATURE, SUSTAINABLE WATER USE, TEMPERATURE, TRANSACTION COSTS, TROPICAL CYCLONES, UNITED NATIONS ENVIRONMENT PROGRAMME, VEGETATION, WATER AVAILABILITY, WATER CONSERVATION, WATER MANAGEMENT, WATER POLICY, WATER RESOURCE, WATER RESOURCE MANAGEMENT, WATER RESOURCES, WATER SCARCITY, WATER SHORTAGE, WATER SHORTAGES, WATER SUPPLY, WATER USE, WEATHER EVENTS