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Are Climate and Weather the same?  Climate is often confused with weather however there is a key difference between weather and climate. Weather is the instantaneous state of the atmosphere and the world around us. It is mainly limited to short term variat...

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Human Induced climate change is the long term change in the atmosphere and the environment due to human activities that lead to an accumulation of greenhouse gases that trap in the atmosphere causing a heating effect. The activities are namely burning of fossi...

The earth works in an equilibrium. It strives to maintain an overall budget between the overall amount of incoming and outgoing energy at the top of the atmosphere. Earth receives incoming energy from the Sun. Earth also emits energy back to spa...

Water The Himalayas are responsible for most of the water supply in India with the source of major perennial rivers such as the Ganga, Yamuna, Brahmaputra as well as parts of Indus. These rivers in turn are utilised for water consumption, irrigation ...

IPCC: https://www.ipcc.ch/ NOAA: https://www.noaa.gov/ NASA: https://www.nasa.gov/ CSE: https://csestore.cse.org.in/ Centre for climate change research: https://cccr.tropmet.res.in/home/researchthemes.jsp The Third Pole: https://www.thethirdpole.net/en/...

The planetary boundaries framework was first published in 2009 under the leadership of Johan Rockström – at that time Director of the SRC, today Director of the Potsdam Institute, and co-author of the new study. The planetary boundaries demarcate the safe oper...

(Source: https://climateactiontracker.org/countries/india/) Nationally Determined Contributions, or NDCs, are countries’ self-defined national climate pledges under the Paris Agreement, detailing what they will do to help meet the global goal to pursue 1....

How do we tackle climate change?Lakshmi Menon, Senior Analyst – Adaptation and Risk Analysis Sector Contents: International Consensus and Local Action Climate Action Two Pillars: Adaptation and Mitigation Planning for Adaptation  ...

Lakshmi Menon, Senior Analyst – Adaptation and Risk Analysis Sector Center for Study of Science, Technology & Policy Proposals and Concept Notes CONCEPT NOTES TYPE PROPOSALS  Initial document to introduce ideas Purpose ...

Kanchan Kargwal Analyst – Adaptation and Risk Analysis Sector What is MGNREGS? Offers a legal guarantee of 100 days of employment to every rural household, whose adult members demand for manual work. Creates community assets aimed at rural develo...

Kanchan Kargwal Analyst – Adaptation and Risk Analysis Sector Center for Study of Science, Technology & Policy Social development projects Projects or initiatives designed to improve the well-being of individuals and communities. Mainly focused on enh...

Climate Change at Our Doorsteps # Name Head Office Years in Operation Regions of Operation 1 ADITHI Patna 35 Bihar, Jharkhand 2 Ghoghardiha Prakhand Swarajya Vikas Sangh (GPSVS) M...

Split into a pair: One beneficiary One interviewer   Role of beneficiary: You are a beneficiary who either Received a WHS for their farmland Or are a beneficiary of orchard plantation Or are a women who is actively involved in LSG You will h...

Were climate hazards considered during the development of the social development projects? Whether climate hazards were considered during the development of the social development projects remains unclear If not, were the direct and indirect impacts of cli...

Organisation: Samvad Project: Conscientization of Self Governance and promoting Food Security in Jharkhand Activity: 350 Water Harvesting Structures for 300 villages are developed under the governmental employment scheme MGNREGS Objectives achieved: Provi...

Organisation: Sebajagat Project: Orchard plantation Activity: Orchard plantation and land development Objectives achieved: Livelihood and income generation Were there any climate co-benefits? (benefits related to environment and climate which were over...

Organisation: GPSVS Project: WASH Activity: Demonstration of temporary, semipermanent and permanent facilities for storing rainwater at household level Results or objectives achieved: Access to safe and potable drinking water, sanitation and hygiene pract...

Organisation: Samvad Project: Promote inclusive governance and sustainable livelihood initiatives among resource-poor women and other marginalized communities Activity: Inclusive LSG. Objective: Advance women’s full participation in LSG Were there an...