cdkn-india-country-snapshot-july-20132-9ecb2ad30f0ce637.pdf

This 2013 fact sheet from the Climate and Development Knowledge Network (CDKN) outlines its activities and partnerships in India aimed at promoting climate compatible development. The document details specific projects focusing on urban heat responses, gender-responsive state action plans, community radio for adaptation knowledge, and resilient housing. It also highlights a 'silent disaster' in Ladakh involving massive livestock loss due to extreme snowfall and provides a critical analysis of the challenges facing State Action Plans for Climate Change (SAPCCs) in India.

• In the high altitude plains of Changthang, Eastern Ladakh, extreme winter weather between mid-December and mid-March—including record consecutive snowfall from January 18th to February 3rd—resulted in the death of approximately 40,000 livestock, including goats and sheep, and several hundred horses and yaks.
• CDKN's project on gender-responsive action (Feb 2012 – Dec 2012) influenced state policy in Madhya Pradesh, where the government requested a briefing note on making adaptation plans more gender-responsive, and in Uttarakhand, where the focal officer for climate change requested a dedicated chapter on gender in the state's action plan.
• The 'Shubh Kal' project (Jan 2012 – Aug 2013), implemented by Development Alternatives, utilized community radio in Bundelkhand to disseminate climate change research and adaptation practices, establishing five local radio stations and producing a guide for community radio reporters.
• The 'Sheltering from a gathering storm' project (April 2012 – March 2014) uses India, Pakistan, and Vietnam as case studies to analyze the economic costs and benefits of resilient shelter, producing a review of housing vulnerability and a brief on flooding in the pilot district of Gorakhpur.
• The implementation of State Action Plans for Climate Change (SAPCCs) in India is hindered by several factors: a lack of detailed state-level vulnerability analyses, minimal awareness and capacity, an absence of state-specific research and time series data, and a lack of sustained financial resources for large-scale adaptation.
• A systemic issue in the SAPCC process is the automatic nomination of Forest Departments (FD) as lead anchoring agencies because the central-level nodal agency is the MoEF; this is often an ineffective choice in states where the FD is not strong enough to coordinate the necessary multi-sectoral convergence.

APA

Subramanian, S. (2013). cdkn-india-country-snapshot-july-20132-9ecb2ad30f0ce637.pdf. Climate and Development Knowledge Network. https://cdkn.org/sites/default/files/files/CDKN-India-Country-Snapshot-July-20132.pdf

Chicago

Subramanian, Sunder. cdkn-india-country-snapshot-july-20132-9ecb2ad30f0ce637.pdf. Climate and Development Knowledge Network, 2013. https://cdkn.org/sites/default/files/files/CDKN-India-Country-Snapshot-July-20132.pdf.

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BibTeX

@techreport{subramanian2013cdknindiacountrysnapshotjuly201329ecb2ad30f0ce637pdf, author = {Subramanian, Sunder}, title = {{cdkn-india-country-snapshot-july-20132-9ecb2ad30f0ce637.pdf}}, institution = {Climate and Development Knowledge Network}, year = {2013}, url = {https://cdkn.org/sites/default/files/files/CDKN-India-Country-Snapshot-July-20132.pdf}, urldate = {2026-08-17}, note = {Indexed by Climate Insights Directory} }