“Climate change is at its heart about people and how to shape a future for humanity that promotes well being while ensuring that the nature and nature based services upon which we all depend continue to function and support sustainable development for all.” – Patricia Espinosa
All the projects and practices in this section underline the urgency to build a low emission and resilient world that can nurture and nourish the most valuable and those least responsible for the climate crisis.
Eco- Village Development : Community based adaptation planning allows local people and impacted communities to determine the objectives and means of adaptation and participation in design and implementation of chosen strategies.
Links to EVD reports :
Defying Climate Change : This report is an attempt to identify recently tested and innovative community based adaptation projects and practices that benefit women and children directly or indirectly and can be used as models to develop and promote women and child Centre adaptation and disaster risk reduction best practices on a National scale.
District Climate Resilience Plan (DCRP) : Effective policy making plays a significant role in building resilience to climate change. District Climate Resilience Plans explore the points of convergence – climate concerns into district development plans in climate sensitive sectors. It identifies policy gaps and provides practical, grounded and workable suggestion to improve the status- quo in priority sectors including agriculture, livestock, irrigation, renewable energy, health and nutrition, forest and land use.
Link to Jhansi and Chitrakoot DCRP reports
Carbon Neutral Meenangadi : The purpose of this project is to propose sector-wise adaptation and mitigation strategies to develop Meenangadi Panchayat of Wayanad district in Kerala as a ‘Carbon Neutral Panchayat’ by carrying out a carbon emission and sequestration analysis in the sectors of Transportation, Energy, Waste, Livestock and AFOLU (Agriculture, Forests and Other Land Use). The concept of ‘Carbon Neutral Community’ puts forth the notions of zero carbon development and food-energy self-sufficiency at local government level.
Sustainable Lifestyles in Germany and India : The role sustainable lifestyles can play in achieving a paradigm shift towards sustainability is acknowledged in both the Sustainable Development Goals and the Paris Agreement of 2015. They are essential complements to technology and policy solutions, which alone cannot bring the necessary changes. Sustainable lifestyles are emerging in entirely different socio-economic and cultural circumstances in India and Germany. Urban middle classes in both countries are exploring very different practices. As the Indian ecological footprint is way smaller than the German, many of the suggestions for sustainable practices for India include sticking to good or making smarter choices – while in Germany, real big changes will be needed for alternative lifestyles and greener and healthier lives.
The role sustainable lifestyles can play in achieving a paradigm shift towards sustainability is acknowledged in both the Sustainable Development Goals and the Paris Agreement of 2015. They are essential complements to technology and policy solutions, which alone cannot bring the necessary changes. Sustainable lifestyles are emerging in entirely different socio-economic and cultural circumstances in India and Germany. Urban middle classes in both countries are exploring very different practices. As the Indian ecological footprint is way smaller than the German, many of the suggestions for sustainable practices for India include sticking to good or making smarter choices – while in Germany, real big changes will be needed for alternative lifestyles and greener and healthier lives.
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