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Climate Change Effect On-Climate Parameters Like Temperature, Rainfall and Water Resources Sectors in India

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Climate change is currently the world’s most serious environmental and meteorological challenge. Climate change has a negative impact on agriculture, water resources, forests, health, biodiversity, ecology, socioeconomics, and coastlines. Agriculture is the most vulnerable to climate change, and it is India’s backbone, with 70–80% of the population relying solely on rainfed crop production for food. In the unprecedented increasing population, urbanization, industrialization creating additional stress and facing pressure with limited sources of water demands. Adaptation strategies must be designed to accommodate climatic and non-climatic stress for existing anthropogenic driven beyond climate change control. Climate change is the foremost environmental challenge associated with climate variability. It is impact on the decline of agricultural production and crop areas, to fulfil increasing food demand, water resources, forest and biodiversity, health, coastal management, ecological, socioeconomic (rapid industrialization, urbanization, economic development and increase in temperature). Climate change or climate variability also brings a susceptible epidemic pests and diseases over Indian continents. Stamping out the poverty thereby rendering good living standards and basic amenities (food, water and shelter) to Indian citizens is India’s utmost task. India has a target of mitigation towards less emission of GHG.

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    Naseem Deshmukh & F. Kurne Inamdar

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Mulla, S., Ahmed, R., Singh, K.K., Singh, S.K., Deshmukh, N., Inamdar, F.K. (2023). Climate Change Effect On-Climate Parameters Like Temperature, Rainfall and Water Resources Sectors in India. In: Pande, C.B., Moharir, K.N., Negm, A. (eds) Climate Change Impacts in India. Earth and Environmental Sciences Library. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-031-42056-6_2

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