| Climate Change: Phase II | Following the successful completion of a major assessment of the impacts of climate change on India, Defra and the Indian Ministry of Environment and Forests (MoEF) have agreed to continue to work together to further develop understanding of the potential impacts of climate change on India and initiate consideration of the development of adaptation strategies.
Phase I of the project resolved some of the uncertainties associated with climate projection models and formulated some socio-economic scenarios for India, in line with those of the IPCC. Based on these an assessment was made of the impacts of climate change in India with regard to:
- sea level;
- water resources;
- agriculture;
- forests;
- industry; and
- human health.
Phase II of the project was launched on January 23, 2007, in Delhi, India. Click here for workshop presentations. The project will run for four years – the first 8 months will comprise a scoping phase, during which the design of the work programme will be decided. This will be followed by a three year research programme. The work stream for the research programme will be divided into two components:
- National Level Impact Assessments: The aim of this component will be to improve the climate change scenarios for India, and revise the impacts assessments at the national level. An integrated approach will be taken to ensure consistency of impacts between sectors, and with the socio-economic scenarios developed in phase I. The study will have a focus on four sectors – water, agriculture, forestry and human health.
- State Level Adaptation Study: A regional project will focus on one state to undertake a more detailed adaptation study, using the findings from the national impact assessments. The state selection will be undertaken as part of the scoping phase. Key features of the regional project will include: use of local expertise as well as national institutional capacity, stakeholder engagement, and an open structure enabling interaction with projects funded elsewhere where relevant and useful.
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