Climate Change

This book provides theworld community withthemost up-to-date and comprehensive scientific and technical knowledge based onclimate change impact assessment, adaptation and mitigation strategies in theIndian Himalayan region. It identifies major issues related toclimate change onenvironmental sustainability, focusing onimpact measurement, policy, adaptation and mitigation strategies atnational, regional and local scales. There is a need to strengthen theglobal response in order tocope withthethreat ofclimate change. Themain objective ofthis book is toupdate theunderstanding ofscientific analysis and topromote evidence-based policy formulation atregional and local levels. This book onclimate change is used as a reference material toclimate change fornew learners interested in themountainous region of the Indian Himalayas. This comprehensive book covers a wide range ofpotential research areas including climate change scenarios, science and its applications, adaptation toclimate change theory and assessment, water resources, agriculture, human health, forest, biodiversity, ecosystems, indigenous knowledge, etc.