Research Gaps in Climate Change Adaptation Activities in India according to a study by Gorakhpur Environmental Action Group Post Box No. 60, 224, Purdilpur, M G College Road, Gorakhpur -273001 (U.P.) India, supported by UNDP, in 2008.
1. Systematic investigation of the linkages between vulnerability due to climate risk (in each distinct agro-economic zone within each state) and environmental, socio-economic and political factors.
2. Estimating potential losses (both stock and flow).
3. Scientific and technical research to understand the links between climate change and inter-annual variability at smaller resolution, such as by downscaling global climate models (GCM).
4. Identification of the drivers of poverty in climate change in specific contexts; that is, research on changing patterns and types of poverty dimensions due to climatic extremes, through quantitative and qualitative approaches.
5. Mapping of current and future vulnerability, taking into account the different dimensions across states.
6. Identification of priority sectors and cities.
7. Financial mechanisms for risk spreading and pooling, such as insurance instruments with public- private partnership in the agricultural sector.
8. Indigenous technologies of, not only water harvesting, but also crop management and indeed the whole gamut of agrarian practices that can be supported to enhance adaptation strategies.
9. Indigenous water harvesting systems and management patterns.
10. Traditional seed varieties requiring less water and other pest resistant crop systems.
11. Up scaling successful examples of NGOs working on bringing about change through soft options or institutional mechanisms, essentially giving primacy to people's participation and process ownership. These projects can be researched with a view to understanding the required structural changes in the state-level institutional mechanisms.
12. Research on the locale specific impacts of climate change on the industrial sector and vice-versa; this would also enable better locating of the industries.
13. Researching low cost technologies that promote employment but at the same time mitigate global warming and promote climate change adaptation.
14. The above research would also enable the determination of the optimum mix of the hard and soft options for building up resilience, and also help determine realistic time lines for the actualisation of the mix of options in an informed way.
1. Systematic investigation of the linkages between vulnerability due to climate risk (in each distinct agro-economic zone within each state) and environmental, socio-economic and political factors.
2. Estimating potential losses (both stock and flow).
3. Scientific and technical research to understand the links between climate change and inter-annual variability at smaller resolution, such as by downscaling global climate models (GCM).
4. Identification of the drivers of poverty in climate change in specific contexts; that is, research on changing patterns and types of poverty dimensions due to climatic extremes, through quantitative and qualitative approaches.
5. Mapping of current and future vulnerability, taking into account the different dimensions across states.
6. Identification of priority sectors and cities.
7. Financial mechanisms for risk spreading and pooling, such as insurance instruments with public- private partnership in the agricultural sector.
8. Indigenous technologies of, not only water harvesting, but also crop management and indeed the whole gamut of agrarian practices that can be supported to enhance adaptation strategies.
9. Indigenous water harvesting systems and management patterns.
10. Traditional seed varieties requiring less water and other pest resistant crop systems.
11. Up scaling successful examples of NGOs working on bringing about change through soft options or institutional mechanisms, essentially giving primacy to people's participation and process ownership. These projects can be researched with a view to understanding the required structural changes in the state-level institutional mechanisms.
12. Research on the locale specific impacts of climate change on the industrial sector and vice-versa; this would also enable better locating of the industries.
13. Researching low cost technologies that promote employment but at the same time mitigate global warming and promote climate change adaptation.
14. The above research would also enable the determination of the optimum mix of the hard and soft options for building up resilience, and also help determine realistic time lines for the actualisation of the mix of options in an informed way.
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