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Rethinking Climate Action: Building Resilience in India Amidst Growing Vulnerabilities

Exploring India’s climate financing policies, this blog highlights the urgent need for resilience and adaptation strategies in response to increasing climate vulnerabilities and extreme weather events.

Climate financing policies across the globe, including India, prioritised investments in mitigation in sectors such as agriculture, waste management, renewable energy, and low-carbon transport with the long-term goal of reducing carbon emissions. Consequently, the inception of climate-resilient infrastructure and adaptation strategies were at the bottom of the list of policy priorities.

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Climate Change: Its impact on Food and Nutrition security, Mitigation strategies for coming decades.

Climate change refers to long-term fluctuations in temperature and weather patterns. Variations in the solar cycle are generally responsible for such fluctuations. But, since the 1800s human activities such as burning of fossil fuels and coal have been the drivers for such changes. When fossil fuels are burned, it causes combustion which increases the heat and light leading to rise in the temperature of the earth, also known as Greenhouse effect.

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Unlocking Optimism for Climate Action

The impact of the climate crisis is becoming more visible with frequent and increasingly devastating extreme weather events. As a result, climate change is becoming a focal point of mainstream conversations in both the media and our homes. From headlines, movies and talk shows to everyday discussions, the emergence of the climate change narrative marks an important and necessary shift.

However, much of the current discourse is leaving people anxious and breeding a sense of resignation. Studies suggest that 77% of people are worried about climate change, but most of them are also pessimistic about the possible solutions.

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