Globally low-lying coastal communities are increasingly at risk of climate change exacerbated environmental hazards. Sea-level rise (SLR) accompanying climate change is already causing significant and costly impacts across low elevation coastal communities and these are expected to continue in the 21st century and beyond.
Climate change-induced disasters in India disproportionately affect women, deepening vulnerabilities and increasing risks such as health crises, displacement, and gender-based violence. While India has advanced on some climate commitments, its disaster risk reduction policies lack a strong gender-responsive focus. This article highlights these gaps, drawing on international frameworks like the Sendai Framework, and offers recommendations for integrating women’s security into climate adaptation strategies to build a more resilient and equitable future.
The PM-JANMAN solar scheme acts as an important instrument that will help tribal communities become active participants in sustainable development while preserving their cultural heritage alongside their ecological knowledge systems as India aims to reach its developed nation status by 2047.
On May 14, 2018, the National Wind-Solar Hybrid Policy was introduced by the Ministry of New and Renewable Energy (MNRE) with the goal to make use of the complementing features of solar and wind energy
In the 2025-26 Budget, cotton farmers, who suffer from low productivity, have been provided with a huge relief with the announcement of a five-year Cotton Productivity Mission. The Department of Agricultural Research & Education (DARE) is the Nodal Department, responsible for the implementation of the Mission.
The Integrated Watershed Management Program (IWMP) was launched in 2009–10 after an urgent demand for a unified, landscape-based strategy for natural resource management emerged from these overlapping vulnerabilities.
The missions were launched under the broader National Action Plan on Climate Change (NAPCC) on 30th June 2008, which was announced by the Prime Minister’s Council on Climate Change (PMCCC).