India, with its diverse agro-climatic zones, is particularly affected by climate change. 700 million Indians living in rural areas directly depend for their survival and livelihoods on climate-sensitive sectors like agriculture, forests and fisheries and natural resources such as water, biodiversity, mangroves, coastal zones, and grasslands.

In 2010 the risk analysis specialist Maplecroft calculated and ranked the vulnerability of the human populations of 170 countries to extreme climate-related events and changes in major climate parameters over the next 30 years. The outcome: India is ranked as the second most vulnerable country in the world, after neighbouring Bangladesh. The report states: 'Almost the whole of India has a high or extreme degree of sensitivity to climate change, due to acute population pressure and a consequential strain on natural resources. This is compounded by a high degree of poverty, poor general health and the agricultural dependency of much of the populace.'

These resources are for enhancing our knowledge about what have been accomplished on adaptation and mitigation in a region like India.

• Climate Change Adaptation in Rural Areas of India (pdf)
• CCA RAI Project Description