Governing Climate Change Adaptation in Ganges Basin : Assessing Needs and Capacities

Governing Climate Change Adaptation in Ganges Basin : Assessing Needs and Capacities

The Ganges basin shared by India, Nepal, Bangladesh, and China is the most heavily populated river basin in the world. It sustains approximately 500 million people. Even though people living in the basin have coped with and adapted to change in climate for centuries, they are finding it increasingly...

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Main Author: Dulal, Hari
Format: Journal Article
Language:en_US
Published: Taylor & Francis 2014
Subjects:
Ganges Basin
climate change adaptation
institutions
information
infrastructure
Online Access:http://hdl.handle.net/10986/17118
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spelling okr-10986-171182021-04-23T14:03:34Z Governing Climate Change Adaptation in Ganges Basin : Assessing Needs and Capacities Dulal, Hari Ganges Basin climate change adaptation institutions information infrastructure The Ganges basin shared by India, Nepal, Bangladesh, and China is the most heavily populated river basin in the world. It sustains approximately 500 million people. Even though people living in the basin have coped with and adapted to change in climate for centuries, they are finding it increasingly difficult, as both the frequency and magnitude of climate-induced extreme weather events have increased over the years. Both market and non-market impacts of climate change are increasing, and increasing quite significantly. In 2007, floods resulting from monsoon rains killed over 2000 people and displaced more than 20 million people in Bangladesh, India, and Nepal. As traditional coping mechanisms are proving to be increasingly insufficient, improvement in climate change adaptation planning and practices in the basin is becoming increasingly urgent. This paper makes an attempt to assess the effectiveness of climate information system, infrastructure, and institutions, which are considered as three important pillars of successful climate change adaptation. The needs and capacities of agencies and institutions to observe, collect, disseminate climate information products and early warning, and existing physical and institutional structures’ robustness and flexibility in responding to climatic change and climate-induced extreme events are evaluated. 2014-02-19T20:40:00Z 2014-02-19T20:40:00Z 2014-01-02 Journal Article International Journal of Sustainable Development & World Ecology 1350-4509 DOI:10.1080/13504509.2013.871657 http://hdl.handle.net/10986/17118 en_US CC BY-NC-ND 3.0 IGO http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/3.0/igo/ World Bank Taylor & Francis Publications & Research :: Journal Article Publications & Research India Nepal Bangladesh China
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topic Ganges Basin
climate change adaptation
institutions
information
infrastructure
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climate change adaptation
institutions
information
infrastructure
Dulal, Hari
Governing Climate Change Adaptation in Ganges Basin : Assessing Needs and Capacities
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Nepal
Bangladesh
China
description The Ganges basin shared by India, Nepal, Bangladesh, and China is the most heavily populated river basin in the world. It sustains approximately 500 million people. Even though people living in the basin have coped with and adapted to change in climate for centuries, they are finding it increasingly difficult, as both the frequency and magnitude of climate-induced extreme weather events have increased over the years. Both market and non-market impacts of climate change are increasing, and increasing quite significantly. In 2007, floods resulting from monsoon rains killed over 2000 people and displaced more than 20 million people in Bangladesh, India, and Nepal. As traditional coping mechanisms are proving to be increasingly insufficient, improvement in climate change adaptation planning and practices in the basin is becoming increasingly urgent. This paper makes an attempt to assess the effectiveness of climate information system, infrastructure, and institutions, which are considered as three important pillars of successful climate change adaptation. The needs and capacities of agencies and institutions to observe, collect, disseminate climate information products and early warning, and existing physical and institutional structures’ robustness and flexibility in responding to climatic change and climate-induced extreme events are evaluated.
format Journal Article
author Dulal, Hari
author_facet Dulal, Hari
author_sort Dulal, Hari
title Governing Climate Change Adaptation in Ganges Basin : Assessing Needs and Capacities
title_short Governing Climate Change Adaptation in Ganges Basin : Assessing Needs and Capacities
title_full Governing Climate Change Adaptation in Ganges Basin : Assessing Needs and Capacities
title_fullStr Governing Climate Change Adaptation in Ganges Basin : Assessing Needs and Capacities
title_full_unstemmed Governing Climate Change Adaptation in Ganges Basin : Assessing Needs and Capacities
title_sort governing climate change adaptation in ganges basin : assessing needs and capacities
publisher Taylor & Francis
publishDate 2014
url http://hdl.handle.net/10986/17118
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