Colloquium 2012: Connecting the Dots
Climate change is already happening and its effects, especially on rural communities, are particularly adverse. This Colloquium seeks to bring together policy makers, researchers, academicians, donors, concerned corporates and practitioners in order to assess and highlight the key issues and practical challenges that must be addressed to build the capacities of rural communities to adapt to climate change…
Summer Freeze
Recent events in the villages around Harishchandragad in Maharashtra, India confirmed once again that climate change is no longer only about melting polar ice caps or the depleting glaciers of Kilimanjaro, but it is manifesting right here at our doorsteps as harsh and in this case freezing cold reality.
Last year (2010-2011), untimely rain in the first week of June had damaged the summer crop in Akole just before it was ready for harvest, and this time a cold wave destroyed the crop in its early stages of growth.
Strategies & Approaches
Improving the adaptive capacities of rural communities to respond to the effects of emerging climate changes by regenerating the eco-systems they live in, diversifying livelihood sources in order to reduce risks, and adopting new agricultural and renewable energy technologies.
