Our Work

Consultation meeting

An expert consultation workshop was held on 24th March 2023, funded by the Department of Science of Technology, GoI (DST) and Swiss Agency for Development and Cooperation (SDC), where:
1. Prof Govindasamy Bala (Centre for Atmospheric and Oceanic Sciences, IISc)
2. Dr. Harini Santhanam (Department of Public Policy, MAHE)
3. Dr. Jagmohan Sharma (Director General, EMPRI)
4. Dr. Jayati Chourey (Executive Director SaciWaters)
5. Dr. Suparana Katyaini (School of Livlihoods and Development, TISS)
6. Prof N H Ravindranath (Centre for Sustainable Technologies, IISC)
7. Dr. Anushiya (Climate, Environment and Sustainability sector, CSTEP)
8. Dr. Anamika Barua (Department of Humanities and Social Sciences, IIT Guwahati)
9. Dr. Indu Murthy (Climate, Environment and Sustainability sector, CSTEP)
10. Dr. Shyamasree Dasgupta (School of Humanities and Social Sciences, IIT Mandi)
11. Ms. Tashina Madappa (Climate, Environment and Sustainability sector, CSTEP)
12. Triambak Baghel (Climate, Environment, and Sustainability sector, CSTEP)
13. Dr. Priyam Laxmi Borgohain (Department of Humanities and Social Sciences, IIT Guwahati)
14. Dr. Pooja Sankhyayan (Department of Humanities and Social Sciences, IIT Guwahati)
15. Yashpal Luniwal (School of Humanities and Social Sciences, IIT Mandi)
16. Aarifah Jan (School of Humanities and Social Sciences, IIT Mandi)
17. Himani Narwal (School of Humanities and Social Sciences, IIT Mandi)
18. Surbhi Vyas (Centre for Disaster Management and Research, IIT Guwahati)
19. Shankar Ghosh (Department of Humanities and Social Sciences, IIT Guwahati)

Climate Change Risk Assessment and Mapping in the States of Indian Himalayan Region

The first workshop, held on 9-10 October 2022 at IIT Guwahati, was attended by 35 participants from 11 states and 2 UTs.

Capacity building and consultation workshops

Capacity building and consultation workshops conducted to sensitize states on the need for risk assessment, its application, methods, framework and for selection of common indicators. The workshops provided hands-on training to all state representatives to develop risk maps at district and state level.

State and District-level Risk Assessment in India using a Common Framework

The second workshop, held on 25-26 March 2023 in Bengaluru, was attended by 46 participants from 18 states across India.

Vulnerability assessment started with the release of the manual on the Climate Vulnerability and Risk Assessment: Framework, Methods and Guidelines supported by the Indian Himalayas Climate Adaptation Programme (IHCAP).

Link to the Report

Phase I of this project started with the vulnerability assessment of states in the Indian Himalayan Region (IHR) in 2018-2019 for adaptation planning and implementation.

Link to the Report

This was followed by the development of pan-India vulnerability profiles at state and district levels using a common framework and methodology in 2019-2020 and capacity building of the states to carry out vulnerability assessments on their own.

Link to the Report