Over 120 institutions including several central universities and research institutions have been engaged to study climate change.
The Ministry of Environment is currently engaged in the preparation of India’s second national communication to the United Nations Framework Convention on climate change. According to a reply, given by Minister of State for Environment and Forests Jairam Ramesh today, a network of 127 institutions has been engaged countrywide belonging to Research and Development Institutions, Universities, autonomous bodies of the government, NGOs and private institutions for studies on various aspects of climate change.
These include greenhouse gas emissions of anthropogenic origin from sectors such as Energy, Industry, Agriculture, Forestry and Waste, Assessment and impact of projected climate change on key sectors such as Agriculture, Water, Natural ecosystems, Health, Extreme climate events, etc.