Adapting to a warming world

Climate change requires agility in the institutions and policies that shape ecosystem use

The floods that hit Uttarakhand are a symptom of two critical ecological and developmental emergencies that we need to address with a sense of urgency — climate change and development activities that aggravate the impact of climate change.

As has been reported, the flash floods may have been caused by the melting of the glacier, which is the source of the Dhauliganga river. This could well be the result of temperature changes attributable to climate change, induced mainly by accumulating global carbon emissions.

This, of course, is a global problem that India cannot tackle on its own. But what it can and