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Emerging Technological Intervention Models with Scalable Solutions for Adaptation to Climate Change and Livelihood Gains in Indian Himalayan Region: Case Studies on Action Research at the Grassroots Level

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Climate change is a global issue which demands immediate action in order to avert its impacts at local, regional and global levels. There are immediate and responsible calls from every nook and corner of the world particularly from Inter-governmental panel on climate change (IPCC) to take effective measures for maintaining the natural balance in the climate system due to anthropogenic release of green house gases (GHGs).

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Acknowledgments

Author wish to expresses special gratitude to Dr K.S. Kapoor, HFRI, Shimla, and Dr. Santosh Satya, IIT, Delhi, for providing the necessary guidance to carry out the research study related to improved water mills. Special thanks are also due to development agencies i.e. HESCO, Dehradun; TIDE, Bangaloru; and HRG, Shimla whose expertise and work contributed to the critical analysis of above case studies. The case studies also benefited from the fruitful interaction with community and users who generously provided information and shared knowledge and data.

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  1. Science for Equity, Empowerment and Development Division, Department of Science and Technology, GOI, New Mehrauli Road, New Delhi, 110016, India

    Sunil K. Agarwal

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  1. , Centre for Ecological Economics and, Institute for Social and Economic Change, Dr. VKRV Rao Road, Bangalore, 560072, India

    Sunil Nautiyal

  2. , Department of Botany, University of Delhi, University Road, Delhi, 110007, India

    K.S. Rao

  3. Landscape Research, Institute of Socioeconomics, Leibniz Centre for Agricultural, Eberswalder Str 84, Müncheberg, 15374, Germany

    Harald Kaechele

  4. , Centre for Ecological Economics and Natu, Institute for Social and Economic Change, Dr. VKRV Rao Road, Nagarabhavi, Bangalore, 560072, India

    K.V. Raju

  5. , Centre for Environmental System Research, University of Kassel, Wilhelmshöher Allee 47, Kassel, 34119, Germany

    Ruediger Schaldach

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    The views expressed in this chapter are those of the author alone, and do not reflect the views of the organization to which he belongs.

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    Avoided annual carbon emissions were calculated by using a conversion factor for diesel as 0.8 kg CO2 per kWh; and for coal as 1.05 kg CO2 per kWh. While, it was calculated using a conversion factor of 1.46 kg CO2 abated per kg of firewood conserved.

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Agarwal, S.K. (2013). Emerging Technological Intervention Models with Scalable Solutions for Adaptation to Climate Change and Livelihood Gains in Indian Himalayan Region: Case Studies on Action Research at the Grassroots Level. In: Nautiyal, S., Rao, K., Kaechele, H., Raju, K., Schaldach, R. (eds) Knowledge Systems of Societies for Adaptation and Mitigation of Impacts of Climate Change. Environmental Science and Engineering(). Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-36143-2_33

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