Climate adaptation is a dynamic and complex process. This includes risk assessment, adaptation planning, implementation, and monitoring at different scales. Adaptation strategies vary according to specific types of climate hazards, geographical scales, and time frames. However, limited knowledge while dealing with several uncertainties is a major challenge. CSTEP's scientific strategies can help policymakers design and prioritise adaptation measures to meet our climate agenda.
Climate risk profile for the agriculture and allied sector in Odisha
Odisha’s agricultural and allied sectors, vital to the state’s economy, face mounting threats from climate change. These sectors are increasingly exposed and are vulnerable to climate extremes, posing significant risks to livelihoods and food security.
Resource use and greenhouse gas emissions profiles for districts of Odisha
Odisha’s agricultural and allied sectors face severe threats from climate change. These sectors are crucial for the state’s economy yet are increasingly at risk to climate extremes. This scoping report series is an exercise to identify the priority districts for intervention to build resilience sustainably in the agriculture and allied sectors of the state.
Data-driven prioritisation of districts for climate-smart agriculture in Odisha
Odisha’s agricultural and allied sectors, which are vital to the state’s economy, face growing threats from climate change and its associated extremes. This scoping report series aims to identify priority districts for targeted interventions to enhance resilience in these sectors. The analysis integrates three key components—Resource Use Profiling (RUP), Greenhouse Gas (GHG) Emissions Inventory, and Climate Risk Assessment (CRA)—to examine the nature, extent, and intensity of climate impacts on agriculture and allied activities.
Press Release: Urban Greenprints: A Nature-based Solutions Feasibility Framework for Urban Coastal Regions
The Center for Study of Science, Technology and Policy (CSTEP), a Bengaluru-based think tank, has released a new report titled Urban Greenprints: A Nature-based Solutions Feasibility Framework for Urban Coastal Regions, calling for a paradigm shift in how India’s coastal cities approach urban planning and climate resilience.
Visualising climate change risks: The Climate Risk Assessment Tool (CRAT) for Puducherry UT
The Union Territory (UT) of Puducherry, comprising four regions, is primarily located in low-lying coastal and water-adjacent lands, making it highly vulnerable to climate change extremities and hazards such as droughts, heatwaves, floods, sea level rise (SLR), and coastal erosion. These pose significant challenges to the UT of Puducherry's agriculture, biodiversity, coastal ecosystems, infrastructure, and water resources. A comprehensive multi-hazard risk assessment is crucial to address and manage these multifaceted challenges effectively.
Launch of the Climate Risk Assessment Tool for the Union Territory of Puducherry
Puducherry, with its 45 km coastline, is highly vulnerable to climate change impacts such as sea level rise, coastal flooding, and cyclones. The Center for Study of Science, Technology and Policy (CSTEP), in collaboration with the Puducherry Climate Change Cell (PCCC) under the Department of Science, Technology and Environment (DSTE), Government of Puducherry, has developed the Climate Risk Assessment Tool (CRAT) for the Union Territory.
Urban greenprints: Developing a nature-based solutions feasibility framework for Indian cities
This report serves as the primary document that offers a structured methodology for decision-making around nature-based solutions (NbS) in Indian urban coastal regions.
Report structure:
• Main Report (core document)
• Addendum 1 (overview of the policy and governance contexts within which NbS operate)
• Addendum 2 (detailed justification for the NbS decision matrix)