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India is one of the highly drought prone countries in the world. Due to the monsoon system, the entire agriculture and related economic activities depend on a short window of rainy season. Available climate change projections indicate high probability for prolonged and frequent droughts for India. Drought monitoring is crucial to continuously plan...

This APFED project is aimed to collect and display various proven climate sensitive technologies in an integrated way to reduce vulnerabilities of the climate change impacts on rural poor. The project introduced, demonstrated and helped adopt the technologies that provide multimode benefits to the community and poor farmers in mitigating and...

The objective of Chapter 3 was to present cases from Africa that highlight the local adaptation initiatives in the backdrop of the uniqueness of Africa in terms of its geographical, social, economic, and climate change impacts. This chapter has brought together an useful mixture of case studies of experiences and lessons learned on a variety of...

Many countries have developed a keen interest in the potential of biofuels and instituted policies to promote their production. India became one of the major biofuel producers in Asia, with its bioethanol production hitting the 1 billion liter mark in 2008, second only after China. The evolving debate on biofuels focuses both on the need to produce...

This presentation introduces the principles of adaptation decision making for developing countries and identifies a set of important aspects to be considered to achieve what is called no-regrets adaptation. Aimed at the practitioners, this presentation also introduces them to a variety of online databases and networks that are engaged in...

The most important challenge in achieving holistic capacity-building in the developing Asia-Pacific region is the inadequacy of information on: The roles of different stakeholders in adaptation planning and implementation; the existing capacities and needs of different stakeholders; and lack of stock-taking exercise on key outcomes of earlier...

Food safety is an important issue requiring equal attention to food quantity and access to ensure holistic food security in the Asia-Pacific region. This chapter explores key issues in food safety in terms of SCP. Food safety is an issue of sustainable production and consumption in agriculture since both are linked through a web of feedback...

-Enabling Low Carbon and Climate Resilient Development for Myanmar -UNFCCC COP18 IGES Side Event on "The Road to a Low-Carbon Future in Asia" -The Better Air Quality (BAQ2012) Conference: Advocating a Stronger Framework for International Cooperation -Seminar on Resource Efficiency with UNEP International Resource Panel -Initiatives Addressing the...

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This policy brief focused the seriousness of water energy nexus from long-term perspective especially in the water scarce countries like India. It deals with India as a case study country. The findings reveal that the integrated water-energy policies are essential for sustainable development in the water scarce countries.