Revitalization of Rivers in India Draft Policy - Isha Guru Jaggi Vasudev

Revitalization of Rivers In India
Draft Policy Recommendation
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A first-step towards adaptation is reducing vulnerability and exposure to
present climate variability.
Adaptation actions at all levels of governance are contingent on different
societal values, objectives, and risk-perception; recognising this plurality of
contexts benefits decision-making processes.
Decision support is most effective when it is sensitive to context and the
diversity of decision types, processes, and constituencies.
Existing and emerging economic instruments can foster adaptation by
providing incentives for anticipating and reducing impacts.
Constraints such as limited financial and human resources, limited integration
and coordination, projected uncertainties, and competing values can interact
to impede adaptation planning and implementation.
Poor planning that is too short-term in thinking can result in unforeseen
maladaptive consequences.
Significant trade-offs, co-benefits, and synergies exist between mitigation and
adaptation, with interactions occurring both within and across regions.
The prospects for sustainable development pathways are very much dependent
on what the world accomplishes with climate change mitigation, both in terms
of scale required and the time-spans available. Opportunities for effective
adaptation measures are therefore decreasing over time, increasing the risk of
some areas exceeding adaptation limits. Transformational changes in economic,
social, technological and political decisions and actions can enable climateresilient
pathways, and can be encouraged through iterative, deliberative
approaches and innovation.
Integrating climate change adaptation considerations into policy processes
and decision-making across a range of sectors and scales is important in
managing the impacts of climate change. The present situation is critical given
the priorities related to development targets including poverty eradication,
energy access, health and education and the increase in vulnerabilities due to
climate change. The two cannot be dissociated from each other and innovative
Annexures
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