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Indian foreign policy combines commitment to national values with dynamic adaptation to international environment
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The United Progressive Alliance Government on Tuesday stated that India's foreign policy has combined firm commitment to country's core national values with dynamic adaptation to changes in the international environment.
Mentioning about Govt.'s initiatives for Overseas Indians undertaken in the last one year, the executive summary of the UPA-II's "Report to the People" stated:
"The UPA government, in its second term, pursues its foreign policy objectives wh
The BASIC-Project (Building and Strengthening Institutional Capacities on Climate Change in Brazil, India, China and South Africa)
Submitted by tianyili on Mon, 2010-04-26 00:56Summary:
The following case study is featured in the Meister Consultants Group study: *Floating Houses and Mosquito Nets: Emerging Climate Change Adaptation Strategies Around the World*.
Despite dramatic economic growth over the last decade in India, most of the population still depends to a great extent on agriculture. This makes the country highly vulnerable to the impacts of climate change, which will only further aggravate the pressure put on natural resources. In addition, fresh water supplies are especially at risk. In the context of these threats, the government began to address the potential impacts of climate change and appropriate adaptation measures. Numerous research programs have been launched and some concrete adaptation projects have already been implemented. Furthermore, adaptation measures have been gradually integrated into the overall planning process. In June 2008, the Climate Council of the Prime Minister passed the National Action Plan on Climate Change (NAPCC), which outlines the major threats for India and proposes an adaptation strategy with concrete measures. The respective ministries have been tasked with working out the details.
_Source: Dr. Hans-Peter Meister, I. K., Martina Richwein, Wilson Rickerson, Chad Laurent. Additional contributors: Jeff Snell, Elisa Burchert, Florian Lux. (2009). *Floating Houses and Mosquito Nets: Emerging Climate Change Adaptation Strategies Around the World.* Boston: Meister Consultants Group. p. 21._
For more detailed information and references refer to: [Floating Houses - Full Report](http://files.mc-group.com/clst/Study%20Climate%20Change%20Adaption.pdf).
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Adaptation Experience:
The BASIC-Project (Building and Strengthening Institutional Capacities on Climate Change in Brazil, India, China and South Africa) is a practice-oriented research project aiming to strengthen the institutional structures with regard to climate adaptation in four important transition countries. Each of the four participating countries is focused on particular aspects. The Indian team, which consisted of different research institutions, think-tanks and NGOs, focused on vulnerability, adaptation, and funding.
Results and Learning:
Considering the short period of time in which it has been running, the BASIC Project has accomplished an impressive set of tangible and intangible achievements. The tangible achievements are the BASIC website, the BASIC network, six BASIC workshops, side events at COP 11& 12 and 18 papers (excluding workshop reports) and over 100 presentations by BASIC team members at BASIC and other fora of work undertaken pursuant to BASIC.
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Floating Houses and Mosquito Nets: Emerging Climate Change Adaptation Strategies Around the World
Submitted by andrea on Fri, 2010-03-19 04:45Year:
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Floating Houses and Mosquito Nets: Emerging Climate Change Adaptation Strategies Around the World
This study, compiled by Meister Consultants Group, Inc., analyzes examples of climate change adaptation strategies and measures from around the world. By highlighting adaptation efforts in 16 countries across the globe the study shows how adaptation strategies can be successful. The featured case studies are from developing and emerging countries such as Bangladesh, Tanzania and Brazil, and are also from industrialized countries such as Great Britain, Netherlands, Switzerland Australia. As mentioned in Dr. Mojib Latif's preface, "[t]he great variety of examples and the identification of factors for a successful policy are helpful guidelines for all who are active in the climate sector" (Floating Houses and Mosquito Nets, 2009, p. 3).
Climate Change Knowledge Network
Submitted by andrea on Mon, 2009-06-08 20:49Summary:
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The Climate Change Knowledge Network (CCKN) came together in 1998 to increase the exchange of knowledge and research expertise between developed and developing countries on climate change-related activities and to make this knowledge accessible to all countries of the world.
Climate Check
Submitted by andrea on Fri, 2009-06-05 23:08Summary:
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German Technical Cooperation (GTZ) is currently developing the tool 'Climate Check', which tackles climate change issues from two angles:
- 'Climate Proofing' deals with the impact climate change risks can have on the sustainability of development projects.
- 'Emission Saving' identifies contributions of the cooperation programmes to mitigating climate change and helps maximise these contributions.
Climate Check was piloted in Morocco and India in 2008. More information >
CRiSTAL: Community-based Risk Screening Tool – Adaptation and Livelihoods
Submitted by andrea on Fri, 2009-06-05 01:35Summary:
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The Community-based Risk Screening Tool – Adaptation and Livelihoods (CRiSTAL) is designed to help project planners and managers integrate climate change adaptation into community-level projects. This project-based tool is aimed at numerous users and is currently being piloted for Nicaragua, Mali, Tanzania and Sri Lanka in sectors such as agriculture, water resource management, infrastructure, and natural resource management. The tool requires detailed project inputs and vulnerability data.
