Climate Change Adaptation in the Global South: Review of Anamika Barua, Vishal Narain and Sumit Vij, eds. 2019. Climate Change Governance and Adaptation: Case studies from South Asia. Boca Raton: CRC Press
Year: 1970
Type: article
Abstract: In 2019, South Asia experienced severe floods, record-breaking heatwaves, increasing rainfall variability, and the rapid melting of glaciers.Climate change is undoubtedly exacerbating these extreme events and there are clear signals that such impacts will intensify in the future (IPCC 2018), especially in parts of South Asia.As the poor and most vulnerable cope with and prepare for such a heightened risk regime, climate change adaptation becomes a critical tool in the suite of actions that governments and exposed populations can undertake.In Climate Change Governance and Adaptation: Case Studies from South Asia editors Anamika Barua, Vishal Narain, and Sumit Vij offer us a rich set of case studies examining how climate adaptation is implemented and governed across South Asian countries.They draw on knowledge of researchers and practitioners working across a spectrum of
Author: Chandni Singh
Institution: Indian Institute for Human Settlements
Language: English
Subfield: Global and Planetary Change
Field: Environmental Science
Domain: Physical Sciences
SDG: Climate action
Open Access status: diamond
OpenAlex ID: W3012095894