India vulnerable to climate change: Time to re-think climate policies?
Floods and droughts although contradict each other mostly occurs at the same place. According to a recent study conducted by IIT Indore and IIT Gandhinagar, more than 60 percent of the districts in India are not climate resilient1. Climate resilience is the capacity of a system to function even under stresses imposed by climate change and other external factors. The study revealed some shocking statistics that most of the river basins in India cannot support crops and vegetation during drought. Climate resilience of a place should be considered as a factor for more efficient and scientific policymaking.
Analyzing agro-hydrological parameters that get indirectly affected due to stresses induced by climatic change can help in monitoring the adaptive capacity of river-basins. These parameters should be validated across all agro-climatic zones of India. Satyukt Analytics Pvt Ltd, has developed state-of-the-art algorithms to estimate agro-hydrological variables in near real-time which is validated across the globe. Availability of all-weather satellite data is also an added advantage in the monitoring of these parameters.
