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.
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)
Climate Change: Science, Impacts, and Solutions
CSTEP, in collaboration with the Department of Agriculture and Farmers’ Empowerment (DA&FE), Government of Odisha, is working towards building climate resilience in the state's agriculture and allied sector. As part of these efforts, a series of capacity-building training programmes will be conducted on key climate-related themes, including climate change science, adaptation, mitigation, climate modelling, climate-smart agriculture, greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions profiling, life cycle assessment, climate finance, and carbon markets.
Intern
We are looking for MTech students interested in urban-flood modelling to contribute to the ongoing research on climate resilience in Bengaluru. This research will support the project on ecosystem-based adaptation (EbA) for Bengaluru city.
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