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Knowledge Systems of Societies for Adaptation and Mitigation of Impacts of Climate Change: Prologue Read chapter Read first chapter

2013 | OriginalPaper | Chapter

Rural India as Key Factor to Cope with Climate Change

Authors : H. Kaechele, T. Kutter, K. Specht, S. Nautiyal, T. S. Amjath-Babu, K. Müller, K. V. Raju

Published in: Knowledge Systems of Societies for Adaptation and Mitigation of Impacts of Climate Change

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Abstract

The global climate pattern has been changing fast and observational evidence indicates that high carbon emissions and climate changes in the 20th century have already affected a diverse set of physical and biological systems (IPCC 2001; IPCC 2007a, b).

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Footnotes
1
The per capita allocation of emission allowances also ties in with the vision of climate justice involving in the long-term convergence of per capita emissions, jointly formulated by German Chancellor Angela Merkel and the Indian Prime Minister Manmohan Singh (Bundesregierung 2007).
 
2
Ministry of Environment and Forests, United Nations Development Programme, Global Environmental Facility (2008) India’s Second National Communication to the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change Work Programme. Available at http://​www.​natcomindia.​org/​brochure5.​pdf. Accessed on 29.04.2010.
 
3
The Government of India set up a Commission for Additional Sources of Energy in the Department of Science and Technology in 1981. Later on, this was followed by the setting up of a full fledged independent department, the Department of Non-conventional Energy Sources in 1982, converted into the Ministry of Non-conventional Energy Sources (MNES) in 1992 and renamed to the Ministry of New and Renewable Energy (MNRE) in 2006.
 
4
A short overview on Policies to Promote Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy is provided in Ministry of Environment & Forests, Ministry of Power, Bureau of Energy Efficiency, Government of India (2007) addressing Energy Security and Climate Change. Available at http://​envfor.​nic.​in/​divisions/​ccd/​Addressing_​CC_​09-10-07.​pdf. Accessed on 29.04.2010.
 
5
Speech of Prime Minister Shri Atal Bihari Vajpayee at the High Level Segment of the Eighth Session of Conference of the Parties to the UN Framework Convention on Climate Change New Delhi, October 30, 2002, http://​unfccc.​int/​cop8/​latest/​ind_​pm3010.​pdf; last access: 29/04/2010.
 
6
Coal India Limited (CIL) is a Schedule 'A' 'Navratna' Public Sector Undertaking under Ministry of Coal, Government of India, with Headquarters in Kolkata, West Bengal. CIL is the single largest coal producing company in the world and the largest corporate employer in the country, with manpower of 409,332. India disposes on proven coal reserves of 105.82 Billion Tonnes out of total reserves of 267 Billion Tonnes (as on 1 April 2009). Available at. http://​www.​coalindia.​in/​Company.​aspx?​tab=​0; last access: 29/04/2010.
 
7
Available at http://​www.​cea.​nic.​in/​. Accessed on 16.06.2010.
 
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Ministry of Environment and Forests, Government of India, (2004) India’s Initial National Communication to the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change. http://​unfccc.​int/​resource/​docs/​natc/​indnc1.​pdf; last access: 22/06/2010.
 
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Climate Modelling Forum, India, supported by Ministry of Environment and Forests, Government of India (2009) India’s GHG Emissions Profile: Results of Five Climate Modelling Studies. Available at http://​moef.​nic.​in/​downloads/​home/​GHG-report.​pdf. Accessed on 29.04.2010.
 
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Metadata
Title
Rural India as Key Factor to Cope with Climate Change
Authors
H. Kaechele
T. Kutter
K. Specht
S. Nautiyal
T. S. Amjath-Babu
K. Müller
K. V. Raju
Copyright Year
2013
Publisher
Springer Berlin Heidelberg
Book
Knowledge Systems of Societies for Adaptation and Mitigation of Impacts of Climate Change

Print ISBN: 978-3-642-36142-5

Electronic ISBN: 978-3-642-36143-2

Copyright Year: 2013

DOI
https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-36143-2_40