Low Carbon News in India in November 2014
Climate talks: India mulls shift in stand
Climate negotiations in the run-up to the global deal in Paris next year may not to be on predictable lines. After trade, the Narendra Modi government is now contemplating a strategic shift during talks, delinking India’s position from China.
Unlike the past where both India and China remained on the same page while batting for developing countries, a clear view is emerging in the government that its strategic interests should be pursued while taking pro-active role in negotiations.
The shift may get reflected as early as during the G20 meeting in Brisbane next week. It is learnt that it was India that insisted on including the climate issue in the agenda of the meeting despite strong resistance from China.
Although India will continue to insist that the global climate deal should have the principles of the UNFCCC (United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change) and Kyoto Protocol that call for only rich nations to cut emissions while demanding money for poor countries to take voluntary action, it may now start questioning the idea of keeping the world’s highest carbon emitter China in the same league as the other developing countries.
http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/home/environment/global-warming/Climate-talks-India-mulls-shift-in-stand/articleshow/45041325.cms
India advocates paradigm shift in solving global warming issue
India on Tuesday advocated a “paradigm shift” in finding a solution to global warming, days after UN’s Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) warned that current trends in carbon emissions will lead to “disaster”.
Environment minister Prakash Javadekar, however, maintained that developed nations have a “historical responsibility” to address climate change issues which should be tackled “scientifically”. The Minister’s statement assumes significance in the backdrop of upcoming UN-sponsored conferences – Montreal Protocol meet in Paris and UNFCCC in Peruvian capital Lima.
” There is an issue of historical responsibility and that must be addressed,” Javadekar said. He said that climate change cannot be addressed through governments, negotiations or world order but through community action in which both government and non-government’s efforts should come together in changing consumption patterns.
“To mitigate this climate change, we need to think in a new paradigm. There needs to be a paradigm shift in our thinking as how we can do this. There are discourses,” he said during a Royal Bank of Scotland Earth Heroes Awards 2014 function here.
Javadekar said that the report released in Copenhagen has said human actions have damaged climate and it was human action which will change and repair it.
http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/home/environment/global-warming/India-advocates-paradigm-shift-in-solving-global-warming-issue/articleshow/45038153.cms
US-China climate deal is not so ambitious, says India
India doesn’t appear to be impressed of what the US and China had pledged to limit their carbon emissions in coming year and said the deal was “not so ambitious” – a signal that New Delhi would not budge from its position while demanding more action from the world’s top two polluters.
In his first formal reaction to the US-China deal, the country’s environment and climate change minister Prakash Javadekar on Friday said, “Whatever intentions have been declared by the US and China is a good beginning but it is not as ambitious as people wanted it to be”.
Expressing his apprehensions, Javadekar, at the same time, noted that US was not part of 1997 Kyoto Protocol and had not accepted the restrictions under it. He said, “But now if they themselves want to go towards emission cuts path, then it is a good beginning.
The minister, who will represent India during the high-level segment and ministerial round of the forthcoming climate conference in Lime in December, said that China has also stated that its peaking will happen in 2030 which means till that time, they will keep polluting and not grow beyond 2030.
About the action taken by India, Javadekar said, “India is already doing its own exercises to declare our Intended Nationaly Determined Contribution (for cutting emission). We are positively disposed towards using our natural recourses efficiently and we will walk energy efficiency path vigourously”.
Making his country’s priority clear, he said India’s poverty eradication and energy access were important developmental tools and “therefore when our peaking will be, that we will declare at the right moment”. He said that eradicating poverty in developing nations such as India is the government’s primary goal. He also noted that electricity has still not reached one third of the country’s population, saying his government is committed to ensure electricity to all.
http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/home/environment/global-warming/US-China-climate-deal-is-not-so-ambitious-says-India/articleshow/45151932.cmshttp://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/home/environment/global-warming/US-China-climate-deal-is-not-so-ambitious-says-India/articleshow/45151932.cms
India digs its heels in on phasing out refrigerant
It’s not going to be easy to make India budge over the controversial climate-damaging hydrofluorocarbons (HFC) issue. It will move on its phase-out path only after hard bargaining. A clear signal to this effect came from Paris where environment minister Prakash Javadekar spelled out the country’s long wish list while blaming the US-led rich nations for pushing their poor counterparts into the current mess.
As India made its stand clear without taking refuge to diplomatic jargon during the proceedings on Friday, other developing countries including oil-producing Arab countries and Pakistan forced the US to junk its attempt to set up a “contact group” to discuss the HFC issue under the Montreal Protocol.
Referring to present use of HFCs in refrigerators and airconditioners, Javadekar earlier made it clear that it was the developed countries that gave “technologies and financial assistance” to developing nations to adopt alternatives to ozone-depleting substances like CFCs and HCFCs.
http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/home/environment/global-warming/India-digs-its-heels-in-on-phasing-out-refrigerant/articleshow/45237393.cms
‘India will engage all countries on climate change’
The Indian team that will participate in the upcoming conference in Lima in December will engage all countries on the agenda that the world must come together and take on the challenge of climate change.
“The Foundation has given a basic input on how the farmer should be compensated by arriving at real remunerative cost and that has set a benchmark for discussion. It also said that food security must take into account the productivity of eastern part of India,” which was fundamental to sustained green revolution, he said. According to him, the success the country had achieved at the World Trade Organisation by extending the peace clause till an acceptable formula was arrived at was a great victory to India.
http://www.thehindu.com/sci-tech/energy-and-environment/india-will-engage-all-countries-on-climate-change/article6647169.ece
Miranda Schreurs and Kirsten Jörgensen participate in the 3rd Meeting of the Indo-German Expert Group on Green and Inclusive Economy from 13-14 November 2014
The 3rd meeting of the Indo-German Expert Group on Green and Inclusive Economy from 13-14 November 2014 on Sustainable Lifestyles prepared by IIT Madras (India) and the Federal Environment Agency (Germany) will be held back to back with the 2nd European Resources Forum
http://www.indiaeu-climategovernance.org/news/14_3rd-Meeting-of-the-Indo-German-Expert-Group.html
Top CEOs discuss business solutions for a low carbon future in India
Leading CEOs discussed opportunities to promote a sustainable economy through business led solutions, at an exclusive Indo-Dutch roundtable today.
The event served as a platform for discussion among business executives to discuss the gathered leaders’ views on the contribution of the private sector to sustainable development, including corporate social responsibility (CSR).
http://www.theclimategroup.org/what-we-do/news-and-blogs/top-ceos-discuss-business-solutions-for-a-low-carbon-future-in-india/
UK, Kerala partnership in climate change: the Aluva story
The UK government, which has tough standards to mitigate climate change in the UK, is one of the world’s leaders in low-carbon development and supports programmes worldwide on future-proofing cities. The Municipal Council of Aluva, with support from the Kerala government, is keen to ensure that the city protects its heritage while developing the capacity to grow into a world class city that can adapt to serious climate impacts.
The project will address long-term climate impacts and minimise short-term impacts of unplanned development, with an urban design framework. It will combine local city knowledge and international expertise to establish a framework to guide growth in an integrated manner to respond to the challenges of urbanisation, climate risks and impact on existing and future local communities. It will enhance resilience to risks and define and catalyse a series of early-win exemplar projects to reduce energy intensity, improve liveability and build support for further action. It will provide a model at state and national level with potential for replication in other peri-urban municipalities and metropolitan areas in India to move to a more sustainable growth trajectory while addressing the needs of local communities.
https://www.gov.uk/government/world-location-news/uk-kerala-partnership-in-climate-change-the-aluva-story
Setting Up of 25 Solar Parks
The Ministry of New & Renewable Energy has initiated scheme for setting up of 25 Solar Parks, each with the capacity of 500 MW and above, to be developed in next 5 years in various States. The Ministry has sent scheme for Development of Solar Park to various States along with MOU to all the state Governments against which 12 states have given consent for setting up of Solar Parks. This was stated by Sh. Piyush Goyal, Minister of state for Power, Coal & New and Renewable Energy (Independent Charge) in a written reply to a question in the Lok Sabha today.
http://pib.nic.in/newsite/pmreleases.aspx?mincode=28
Investment in Renewable Energy Sector
The Government is contemplating to seek international cooperation for importing technology to boost global investment in renewable energy sector of the country. To showcase India’s renewable energy potential globally, the Ministry of New and Renewable Energy (MNRE) is organizing the Global Renewable Energy Investment Promotion Meet (RE-INVEST) from 15-17 February, 2015 in New Delhi as a follow up to the ‘Make in India’ initiatives launched by the Prime Minister of India. This meet will give an opportunity to all states to showcase their policies to facilitate investment, progressive, initiatives and investor friendly climate to attract investments in renewable energy. This was stated by Sh. Piyush Goyal, Minister of state for Power, Coal & New and Renewable Energy (Independent Charge) in a written reply to a question in the Lok Sabha today.
The Minister further stated that as per the “Global Status Report 2014” of Renewable Energy Policy Network (REN-21), about US Dollar 6.1 billion has been invested in renewable energy in India whereas, about US Dollar 56.3 billion has been invested in renewable energy in China during the year 2013-14. The investment was mainly for solar and wind power projects, the Minister added.
http://pib.nic.in/newsite/pmreleases.aspx?mincode=28
IREDA & US-Exim Bank Signs MoU with Respect to Cooperation on Clean Energy Investment US Exim Bank to Provide US $ 1 Billion Medium and Long-Term Loans
A Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) has been signed between Indian Renewable Energy Development Agency Ltd ( IREDA) and US Exim Bank with respect to cooperation on clean energy investment. This MoU is intended to establish a framework for cooperation in the financing of creditworthy entities for renewable energy projects and to facilitate the export of goods and services of U.S. origin or manufacture in India and various forms of collaboration between the IREDA & US-Exim Bank.
US Exim Bank shall provide US $ 1 Billion medium and long-term guaranteed and/or direct dollar loans to finance U.S. technologies, products and services utilized during commercial development activities within the clean energy sector by IREDA. The proposed credit facility carries no specific commitment on the part of IREDA and will depend on the import of US equipment to India and attractiveness of credit facility to the project developers in India. This US Exim Bank facility will be available for financing of imported US equipment, and in addition to financing of 30% of domestic component
http://pib.nic.in/newsite/pmreleases.aspx?mincode=28
Punjab ties up with US global security and aerospace company for solar power
To augment solar power generation in the state and overcome the power crisis, the Punjab government on Friday announced a tie up with US global security and aerospace company Lockheed Martin. The state will add 1000 MW solar power in the next three years with Lockheed Martin providing plastic structures for solar panels on canals by using nano-technology.
“The company would also provide state-of-the-art technology to convert paddy straw into energy, solving the lingering problem of paddy straw burning in the state. The Punjab government and Lockheed Martin would ink a MoU in this regard,” a spokesman said on Friday.
Majithia said that to meet 15 per cent demand for energy in the state from clean energy, the Punjab government has decided to explore around 5,00km of canal length for putting up solar panels. He expressed confidence that with the nano-technology solar panel developed by the US company, Punjab would be able to make solar power generation cost effective, attracting international investors to this area.
Majithia admitted that Punjab was facing a serious issue of burning of paddy stubble, causing major damage to the fertility of the land as well as polluting the environment. He said that this could be checked if farmers could get additional income in lieu of their agricultural residue.
http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/home/environment/the-good-earth/Punjab-ties-up-with-US-global-security-and-aerospace-company-for-solar-power/articleshow/45149090.cms
Researchers studying climate change adaptation among Tamil Nadu farmers
Researchers from Ashoka Trust for Research in Ecology and the Environment (ATREE) and Azim Premji University (APU) have initiated an 18-month study on climate change adaptation among farmers in the Manimutharu Irrigation area in the Tirunelveli district of Tamil Nadu.
The study, funded by South Asian Network for Development and Environmental Economics (SANDEE), will look into how farmers are coping with irregular monsoon, frequent droughts and floods – some of the impacts of climate change.
A peculiar situation is prevailing in the Manimutharu Irrigation area. Water has not been released to the 80-foot channel from the Manimutharu dam in the last three years. However, water has been released to the 40-foot channel. This has resulted in a situation where a set of villages has received water whereas another set of villages have been experiencing a drought-like situation.
This has given researchers an opportunity to understand how farmers are coping with water shortage. The study will be helpful in policy making, according to researchers from ATREE.
http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/madurai/Researchers-studying-climate-change-adaptation-among-Tamil-Nadu-farmers/articleshow/45135004.cms
Climate talks: India mulls shift in stand
Climate negotiations in the run-up to the global deal in Paris next year may not to be on predictable lines. After trade, the Narendra Modi government is now contemplating a strategic shift during talks, delinking India’s position from China.
Unlike the past where both India and China remained on the same page while batting for developing countries, a clear view is emerging in the government that its strategic interests should be pursued while taking pro-active role in negotiations.
The shift may get reflected as early as during the G20 meeting in Brisbane next week. It is learnt that it was India that insisted on including the climate issue in the agenda of the meeting despite strong resistance from China.
Although India will continue to insist that the global climate deal should have the principles of the UNFCCC (United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change) and Kyoto Protocol that call for only rich nations to cut emissions while demanding money for poor countries to take voluntary action, it may now start questioning the idea of keeping the world’s highest carbon emitter China in the same league as the other developing countries.
http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/home/environment/global-warming/Climate-talks-India-mulls-shift-in-stand/articleshow/45041325.cms
India advocates paradigm shift in solving global warming issue
India on Tuesday advocated a “paradigm shift” in finding a solution to global warming, days after UN’s Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) warned that current trends in carbon emissions will lead to “disaster”.
Environment minister Prakash Javadekar, however, maintained that developed nations have a “historical responsibility” to address climate change issues which should be tackled “scientifically”. The Minister’s statement assumes significance in the backdrop of upcoming UN-sponsored conferences – Montreal Protocol meet in Paris and UNFCCC in Peruvian capital Lima.
” There is an issue of historical responsibility and that must be addressed,” Javadekar said. He said that climate change cannot be addressed through governments, negotiations or world order but through community action in which both government and non-government’s efforts should come together in changing consumption patterns.
“To mitigate this climate change, we need to think in a new paradigm. There needs to be a paradigm shift in our thinking as how we can do this. There are discourses,” he said during a Royal Bank of Scotland Earth Heroes Awards 2014 function here.
Javadekar said that the report released in Copenhagen has said human actions have damaged climate and it was human action which will change and repair it.
http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/home/environment/global-warming/India-advocates-paradigm-shift-in-solving-global-warming-issue/articleshow/45038153.cms
US-China climate deal is not so ambitious, says India
India doesn’t appear to be impressed of what the US and China had pledged to limit their carbon emissions in coming year and said the deal was “not so ambitious” – a signal that New Delhi would not budge from its position while demanding more action from the world’s top two polluters.
In his first formal reaction to the US-China deal, the country’s environment and climate change minister Prakash Javadekar on Friday said, “Whatever intentions have been declared by the US and China is a good beginning but it is not as ambitious as people wanted it to be”.
Expressing his apprehensions, Javadekar, at the same time, noted that US was not part of 1997 Kyoto Protocol and had not accepted the restrictions under it. He said, “But now if they themselves want to go towards emission cuts path, then it is a good beginning.
The minister, who will represent India during the high-level segment and ministerial round of the forthcoming climate conference in Lime in December, said that China has also stated that its peaking will happen in 2030 which means till that time, they will keep polluting and not grow beyond 2030.
About the action taken by India, Javadekar said, “India is already doing its own exercises to declare our Intended Nationaly Determined Contribution (for cutting emission). We are positively disposed towards using our natural recourses efficiently and we will walk energy efficiency path vigourously”.
Making his country’s priority clear, he said India’s poverty eradication and energy access were important developmental tools and “therefore when our peaking will be, that we will declare at the right moment”. He said that eradicating poverty in developing nations such as India is the government’s primary goal. He also noted that electricity has still not reached one third of the country’s population, saying his government is committed to ensure electricity to all.
http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/home/environment/global-warming/US-China-climate-deal-is-not-so-ambitious-says-India/articleshow/45151932.cmshttp://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/home/environment/global-warming/US-China-climate-deal-is-not-so-ambitious-says-India/articleshow/45151932.cms
India digs its heels in on phasing out refrigerant
It’s not going to be easy to make India budge over the controversial climate-damaging hydrofluorocarbons (HFC) issue. It will move on its phase-out path only after hard bargaining. A clear signal to this effect came from Paris where environment minister Prakash Javadekar spelled out the country’s long wish list while blaming the US-led rich nations for pushing their poor counterparts into the current mess.
As India made its stand clear without taking refuge to diplomatic jargon during the proceedings on Friday, other developing countries including oil-producing Arab countries and Pakistan forced the US to junk its attempt to set up a “contact group” to discuss the HFC issue under the Montreal Protocol.
Referring to present use of HFCs in refrigerators and airconditioners, Javadekar earlier made it clear that it was the developed countries that gave “technologies and financial assistance” to developing nations to adopt alternatives to ozone-depleting substances like CFCs and HCFCs.
http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/home/environment/global-warming/India-digs-its-heels-in-on-phasing-out-refrigerant/articleshow/45237393.cms
‘India will engage all countries on climate change’
The Indian team that will participate in the upcoming conference in Lima in December will engage all countries on the agenda that the world must come together and take on the challenge of climate change.
“The Foundation has given a basic input on how the farmer should be compensated by arriving at real remunerative cost and that has set a benchmark for discussion. It also said that food security must take into account the productivity of eastern part of India,” which was fundamental to sustained green revolution, he said. According to him, the success the country had achieved at the World Trade Organisation by extending the peace clause till an acceptable formula was arrived at was a great victory to India.
http://www.thehindu.com/sci-tech/energy-and-environment/india-will-engage-all-countries-on-climate-change/article6647169.ece
Miranda Schreurs and Kirsten Jörgensen participate in the 3rd Meeting of the Indo-German Expert Group on Green and Inclusive Economy from 13-14 November 2014
The 3rd meeting of the Indo-German Expert Group on Green and Inclusive Economy from 13-14 November 2014 on Sustainable Lifestyles prepared by IIT Madras (India) and the Federal Environment Agency (Germany) will be held back to back with the 2nd European Resources Forum
http://www.indiaeu-climategovernance.org/news/14_3rd-Meeting-of-the-Indo-German-Expert-Group.html
Top CEOs discuss business solutions for a low carbon future in India
Leading CEOs discussed opportunities to promote a sustainable economy through business led solutions, at an exclusive Indo-Dutch roundtable today.
The event served as a platform for discussion among business executives to discuss the gathered leaders’ views on the contribution of the private sector to sustainable development, including corporate social responsibility (CSR).
http://www.theclimategroup.org/what-we-do/news-and-blogs/top-ceos-discuss-business-solutions-for-a-low-carbon-future-in-india/
UK, Kerala partnership in climate change: the Aluva story
The UK government, which has tough standards to mitigate climate change in the UK, is one of the world’s leaders in low-carbon development and supports programmes worldwide on future-proofing cities. The Municipal Council of Aluva, with support from the Kerala government, is keen to ensure that the city protects its heritage while developing the capacity to grow into a world class city that can adapt to serious climate impacts.
The project will address long-term climate impacts and minimise short-term impacts of unplanned development, with an urban design framework. It will combine local city knowledge and international expertise to establish a framework to guide growth in an integrated manner to respond to the challenges of urbanisation, climate risks and impact on existing and future local communities. It will enhance resilience to risks and define and catalyse a series of early-win exemplar projects to reduce energy intensity, improve liveability and build support for further action. It will provide a model at state and national level with potential for replication in other peri-urban municipalities and metropolitan areas in India to move to a more sustainable growth trajectory while addressing the needs of local communities.
https://www.gov.uk/government/world-location-news/uk-kerala-partnership-in-climate-change-the-aluva-story
Setting Up of 25 Solar Parks
The Ministry of New & Renewable Energy has initiated scheme for setting up of 25 Solar Parks, each with the capacity of 500 MW and above, to be developed in next 5 years in various States. The Ministry has sent scheme for Development of Solar Park to various States along with MOU to all the state Governments against which 12 states have given consent for setting up of Solar Parks. This was stated by Sh. Piyush Goyal, Minister of state for Power, Coal & New and Renewable Energy (Independent Charge) in a written reply to a question in the Lok Sabha today.
http://pib.nic.in/newsite/pmreleases.aspx?mincode=28
Investment in Renewable Energy Sector
The Government is contemplating to seek international cooperation for importing technology to boost global investment in renewable energy sector of the country. To showcase India’s renewable energy potential globally, the Ministry of New and Renewable Energy (MNRE) is organizing the Global Renewable Energy Investment Promotion Meet (RE-INVEST) from 15-17 February, 2015 in New Delhi as a follow up to the ‘Make in India’ initiatives launched by the Prime Minister of India. This meet will give an opportunity to all states to showcase their policies to facilitate investment, progressive, initiatives and investor friendly climate to attract investments in renewable energy. This was stated by Sh. Piyush Goyal, Minister of state for Power, Coal & New and Renewable Energy (Independent Charge) in a written reply to a question in the Lok Sabha today.
The Minister further stated that as per the “Global Status Report 2014” of Renewable Energy Policy Network (REN-21), about US Dollar 6.1 billion has been invested in renewable energy in India whereas, about US Dollar 56.3 billion has been invested in renewable energy in China during the year 2013-14. The investment was mainly for solar and wind power projects, the Minister added.
http://pib.nic.in/newsite/pmreleases.aspx?mincode=28
IREDA & US-Exim Bank Signs MoU with Respect to Cooperation on Clean Energy Investment US Exim Bank to Provide US $ 1 Billion Medium and Long-Term Loans
A Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) has been signed between Indian Renewable Energy Development Agency Ltd ( IREDA) and US Exim Bank with respect to cooperation on clean energy investment. This MoU is intended to establish a framework for cooperation in the financing of creditworthy entities for renewable energy projects and to facilitate the export of goods and services of U.S. origin or manufacture in India and various forms of collaboration between the IREDA & US-Exim Bank.
US Exim Bank shall provide US $ 1 Billion medium and long-term guaranteed and/or direct dollar loans to finance U.S. technologies, products and services utilized during commercial development activities within the clean energy sector by IREDA. The proposed credit facility carries no specific commitment on the part of IREDA and will depend on the import of US equipment to India and attractiveness of credit facility to the project developers in India. This US Exim Bank facility will be available for financing of imported US equipment, and in addition to financing of 30% of domestic component
http://pib.nic.in/newsite/pmreleases.aspx?mincode=28
Punjab ties up with US global security and aerospace company for solar power
To augment solar power generation in the state and overcome the power crisis, the Punjab government on Friday announced a tie up with US global security and aerospace company Lockheed Martin. The state will add 1000 MW solar power in the next three years with Lockheed Martin providing plastic structures for solar panels on canals by using nano-technology.
“The company would also provide state-of-the-art technology to convert paddy straw into energy, solving the lingering problem of paddy straw burning in the state. The Punjab government and Lockheed Martin would ink a MoU in this regard,” a spokesman said on Friday.
Majithia said that to meet 15 per cent demand for energy in the state from clean energy, the Punjab government has decided to explore around 5,00km of canal length for putting up solar panels. He expressed confidence that with the nano-technology solar panel developed by the US company, Punjab would be able to make solar power generation cost effective, attracting international investors to this area.
Majithia admitted that Punjab was facing a serious issue of burning of paddy stubble, causing major damage to the fertility of the land as well as polluting the environment. He said that this could be checked if farmers could get additional income in lieu of their agricultural residue.
http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/home/environment/the-good-earth/Punjab-ties-up-with-US-global-security-and-aerospace-company-for-solar-power/articleshow/45149090.cms
Researchers studying climate change adaptation among Tamil Nadu farmers
Researchers from Ashoka Trust for Research in Ecology and the Environment (ATREE) and Azim Premji University (APU) have initiated an 18-month study on climate change adaptation among farmers in the Manimutharu Irrigation area in the Tirunelveli district of Tamil Nadu.
The study, funded by South Asian Network for Development and Environmental Economics (SANDEE), will look into how farmers are coping with irregular monsoon, frequent droughts and floods – some of the impacts of climate change.
A peculiar situation is prevailing in the Manimutharu Irrigation area. Water has not been released to the 80-foot channel from the Manimutharu dam in the last three years. However, water has been released to the 40-foot channel. This has resulted in a situation where a set of villages has received water whereas another set of villages have been experiencing a drought-like situation.
This has given researchers an opportunity to understand how farmers are coping with water shortage. The study will be helpful in policy making, according to researchers from ATREE.
http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/madurai/Researchers-studying-climate-change-adaptation-among-Tamil-Nadu-farmers/articleshow/45135004.cms