Knowledge Systems of Societies for Adaptation and Mitigation of Impacts of Climate Change

1. Front Matter

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2. Knowledge Systems of Societies for Adaptation and Mitigation of Impacts of Climate Change: Prologue

   • Sunil Nautiyal, K. S. Rao, H. Kaechele, K. V. Raju, R. Schaldach

   Pages 1-6

3. Accepting Climate Change Challenges: Gambling with the Future or Path-Finding for Long-Term Sustainability?

   • J. P. Kropp

   Pages 7-24

4. Ethics of International Action on Climate Change: How Would Mahatma Gandhi Have Looked at it?

   • M. V. Nadkarni

   Pages 25-38

5. Ethical Analysis of the Global Climate Dilemma

   • S. L. Rao

   Pages 39-55

6. Ecosystem-Resilience: A Long Journey to Nature Policy

   • Giridhari Lal Pandit

   Pages 57-85

7. Climate Change Induced Coral Bleaching and Algal Phase Shift in Reefs of the Gulf of Mannar, India

   • J. Joyson Joe Jeevamani, B. Kamalakannan, N. Arun Nagendran, S. Chandrasekaran

   Pages 87-94

8. Economic Valuation and Sustainability of Dal Lake Ecosystem in Jammu and Kashmir

   • M. H. Wani, S. H. Baba, Shahid Yousuf, S. A. Mir, F. A. Shaheen

   Pages 95-118

9. Biodiversity Conservation, Sustainable Agriculture and Climate Change: A Complex Interrelationship

   • I. S. Bisht

   Pages 119-142

10. The Potential Impacts of Climate Change on Insect Pests in Cultivated Ecosystems: An Indian Perspective

    • A. K. Chakravarthy, B. Doddabasappa, P. R. Shashank

    Pages 143-162

11. Arsenic Groundwater Contamination Related Socio-Economic Problems in India: Issues and Challenges

    • Barun Kumar Thakur, Vijaya Gupta, Utpal Chattopadhyay

    Pages 163-182

12. Climate Change and Tomography

    • Manish Kumar Bajpai, Brajesh Pande, Phalguni Gupta, Prabhat Munshi

    Pages 183-187

13. Rethinking Sustainable Development in the Context of Climate Change: Self-Development, Social Transformations and Planetary Realizations

    • Ananta Kumar Giri

    Pages 189-198

14. Biofuels Utilisation: An Attempt to Reduce GHG’s and Mitigate Climate Change

    • Ashwani Kumar

    Pages 199-224

15. Impact of Forestry Products on Climate Change Mitigation in India

    • C. N. Pandey, S. K. Nath, D. Sujatha

    Pages 225-238

16. Climate Change Impact in Cold Arid Desert of North–Western Himalaya: Community Based Adaptations and Mitigations

    • F. A. Shaheen, M. H. Wani, S. A. Wani, Chewang Norphel

    Pages 239-256

17. Conservation of Multipurpose Tree Species to Ensure Ecosystem Sustainability and Farmers Livelihood in Indian Arid Zone

    • S. K. Malik, D. C. Bhandari, Susheel Kumar, O. P. Dhariwal

    Pages 257-270

18. Exploring the Impacts of Climate Variability on Traditional Agricultural Practices in the Villages of THAR

    • Aditi Phansalkar

    Pages 271-283

19. Bt Cotton Cultivation in Gujarat: Emerging Issues and Environmental Challenges

    • N. Lalitha, P. K. Viswanathan

    Pages 285-301

20. Water Conservation in Urban Areas: A Case Study of Rain Water Harvesting Initiative in Bangalore City

    • S. Manasi, K. S. Umamani

    Pages 303-328

Climate change is broadly recognized as a key environmental issue affecting social and ecological systems worldwide. At the Cancun summit of the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change’s 16th Conference, the parties jointly agreed that the vulnerable groups particularly in developing countries and whose livelihood is based on land use practices are the most common victims as in most cases their activities are shaped by the climate. Therefore, solving the climate dilemma through mitigation processes and scientific research is an ethical concern. Thus combining the knowledge systems of the societies and scientific evidences can greatly assist in the creation of coping mechanisms for sustainable development in a situation of changing climate. International Humboldt Kolleg focusing on “knowledge systems of societies and Climate Change” was organized at ISEC. This event was of unique importance, as the year 2011-12 was celebrated as the 60th Anniversary of Diplomatic Relations between India and Germany with the motto "Germany and India - Infinite Opportunities." This volume is the outcome of the papers presented during the IHK 2011 at ISEC, India.

• Carbon Budgeting
• Climate Change
• Ecology
• Socio-Ecological Development
• Sustainable Development
• Climate change management

• , Centre for Ecological Economics and, Institute for Social and Economic Change, Bangalore, India

  Sunil Nautiyal

• , Department of Botany, University of Delhi, Delhi, India

  K.S. Rao

• Landscape Research, Institute of Socioeconomics, Leibniz Centre for Agricultural, Müncheberg, Germany

  Harald Kaechele

• , Centre for Ecological Economics and Natu, Institute for Social and Economic Change, Bangalore, India

  K.V. Raju

• , Centre for Environmental System Research, University of Kassel, Kassel, Germany

  Ruediger Schaldach

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