Dr. Chandni Singh is a Senior Researcher at the School of Environment and Sustainability at IIHS and a lead author at IPCC. In this episode, ‘Understanding The Adaptation Pathways For India’ with Dr. Chandni Singh, she scientifically explained the basics of adaptation, and what risks and impacts are there in this regard.
She talked about how adaptation came into being and also helped us understand the difference between adaptation and adaptive capacity. She further tries to quantify adaptation on the macro scale and discussed the IPCC working group one and two reports which lay out the landscape of the world with increasing climate risks and impacts. She additionally discussed the loss and damage fund announced during COP 27 and explained how they are defined for any country. She also discussed the examples and case studies, which showcase solutions in bringing better resilience in urban as well as rural sectors across the world as well as loss and damage across other sectors. She further helps us understand resilience in Urban India from the financial point of view. Lastly, we discussed the different skill sets required to work in this field to develop good solutions as well as good research considering massive developments are taking place at a high pace in India.
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