MAIN STREAMING CLIMATE CHANGE ADAPTATION IN INDIAN CITIES

The need for a consolidated and coordinated approach to adaptation is to project climate impacts on a municipal scale because it is at this level that people are directly affected by climate-induced impacts and it is at this level that institutional solutions that target wide numbers of people can be introduced. It is, therefore, necessary to develop a framework for adaptation to climate change that enables the most urgent local adaptation activities and identifies the necessary local human and financial resources. There is a need for a clear urban agenda that focuses on building adaptation frameworks within the development plans.

http://re.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/files/file/climate%20change%20adaptation%20in%20Indian%20cities.pdf

Many thanks Krishnan for the insightful response as well as the document attached. Two quick take homes from you submission:

1. A framework for adaptation to climate change that enables the most urgent local adaptation activities and identifies the necessary local human and financial resources; and

2. a clear urban agenda that focuses on building adaptation frameworks within the development plans.

We are developing an article driven by the above question and your submission would be cited and duly acknowledged. 

I recommend fund voting which brings responsibility to the different parts when they influence the common result, cfr. chapter III.D, Large issues, in my book Democracy with sequential choice and fund voting.

You might look for examples and ideas through the ICLEI network.  http://www.iclei.org/

Many thanks to you Bjorn and William. I will study fund voting as well as check on the ICLEI network for more materials and information.

Yes climate change can be domesticated at the local government level.  But the fundamental question that will guide  the council if the government has a climate change policy or legislation to help. Moreover the environmental, agricultural and related issues must be addressed. The government' s initiative to key into international  pacts will help too.

Many thanks for your submission Chuks. So if I understand your assertion well, the adoption of a climate change policy or legislation is key. So with the existence of a climate change policy that doesn't clearly indicate the 'how of integration', how can we ensure that Local Council play critical role in enforcing or implementing the policy?

I will try share you my own experience:

I think that is neccesary the confluence and participation of relevant actors, such as: local populations (the local populations must decide by democratic procedures about who will be their leaders), local institutions, national institutions, academic institutions and (in certain cases) enterprises.

It is neccesary the integration of a legal framework with a holistic approach: climate change response must embrace a very broad and diverse legal framework: health, human rights, security, welfare, ...

It is fundamental to consider that climate change have political, economical, social, cultural, ecological dimenssions. So, a real and efective action towards climate change adaptation and mitigation must articulate all these dimenssions.

Regards

Leopoldo

1. if institutionalized,it means that matters would be decided by dictates of environmental regime.2. principles ,norms ,rules and decision making procedures should absolutely indigenous,so that the real socio-economic moorings, that are predomonantly agri.based,are not disturbeted.Beware of disruptive investment strategies in sectors other than agriculture,forestry environments etc.

I would like to share my expeirence from India.Odisha .Enactment of the Forest rights act in India was historic .This is the Act passed which is giving enormous power to village council .Autonomy and governance is all vested with Gramsabha(Village council).By asserting their rights over their forest land ,the village council is protecting,conserving and governing the land ,forest and water .The agreed points in INDC at Paris have no involvement of community members but the hundred years of community led practices and struggle of this tribals can stop any destructive interventions .Its only people's power and movement which can help to sustain . 

Dear Dubey,

Many thanks for this insightful comment. Indeed, the peoples' power and mass activism is the way to. However, I would be very pleased and glad to have a PDF copy of this act.

Best,

Michael

Dear Dubey,

Many thanks for this insightful comment. Indeed, the peoples' power and mass activism is the way to. However, I would be very pleased and glad to have a PDF copy of this act.

Best,

Michael

Dear Medina,

I am very happy to read your response. 'Climate change response must embrace a very broad and diverse legal framework: health, human rights, security, welfare...' Again, you rightly posited that, 'it is fundamental to consider that climate change have political, economical, social, cultural, ecological dimensions'. All these pointedly indicate that the local communities are active actors. How do we involve or get them to play active role through their local council to fight the scourge of climate change?

Best,

Michael

Dear Ullah,

Thanks for the contribution. As you encourage the people to be 'beware of disruptive investment strategies in sectors other than agriculture,forestry environments etc.' Governments are also scheming to kick them away from participating actively in the planning development and investment projects due to their economic value at the detriment of the environment and livelihoods of the local people. How do we guarantee that local councils and for that matter the local population play core role in combating climate change?

Best,

Michael

Dear Ullah,

Thanks for the contribution. As you encourage the people to be 'beware of disruptive investment strategies in sectors other than agriculture,forestry environments etc.' Governments are also scheming to kick them away from participating actively in the planning development and investment projects due to their economic value at the detriment of the environment and livelihoods of the local people. How do we guarantee that local councils and for that matter the local population play core role in combating climate change?

Best,

Michael

Dear Ullah,

Thanks for the contribution. As you encourage the people to be 'beware of disruptive investment strategies in sectors other than agriculture,forestry environments etc.' Governments are also scheming to kick them away from participating actively in the planning development and investment projects due to their economic value at the detriment of the environment and livelihoods of the local people. How do we guarantee that local councils and for that matter the local population play core role in combating climate change?

Best,

Michael

Dear Michael,thanks for your response .Attached here the Citizen's report 2015 for your reference to understand how FRA is opening scope for India .

Dear Michael:

Thank you for your words.

I want to tell you that my point of view about this question is very near of your ideas, as same as Sanghamitre.

Here, in this problem, I think that is particularly important clarify what is the role that technicians, academics and professional people must play. How can we interact with local people?

I haven't a single answer but I think that many aspects about this matter are related to collaborative knowledge building (collaborative learning).

Local people needs a very important input, it is to say: information (for example legal information). I think we must be key informants for local people. This question is particularly relevant to deal with climate change at any social and spatial scale.

Regards

Leopoldo

I agree with Leopoldo, we should play a role informants and for that i think it will be great to capture peoples voice from the ground on the climate change issues .if we can capture a group of indigenous peoples voice across world and then to share that widely including the committee of Paris climate change then i hope it will have some impact .

 Dear Michael,herewith am sharing the PDF copy of the Forest Rights Act .

Sanghamitra:

I think the impact of profesional's participation will be related to their level of organization (technical) and asociation (political).

One professional isolated can only do a very small contribution.

Leopoldo

Yes I agree with you .it's always a collective effort which can work .