The Environmental Protection Training and Research Institute (EPTRI), in collaboration with the Institute for Tropical Meteorology Pune (IITM- Pune), the U.S. Department of State, the U.S. NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information (NOAA NCEI), and its university partner, the Cooperative Institute for Climate and Satellites – North Carolina / NC State University conducted a workshop on High Resolution Climate Projections and Analysis for India at EPTRI on 12th and 13th Feb. 2018. The workshop is also cosponsored by NABARD.
Dr. Rajat Kumar IAS Principal Secretary, Environment, Forests, Science and Technology Department, Government of Telangana, inaugurated the workshop and informed that Government of Telangana is implementing the schemes Mission Kakatiya and Haritha Haram to address the climate adaptation and mitigation. The B Kalyan Chakravarthy, IAS, Director General EPTRI said for building resiliency across communities and Nations, we need to better understand the variations at the local level as it holds the potential to impact our planning to deliver renewable energy and adapt to climate resilient agriculture or plan the water resources for our community. He also said that the workshop is also rightly timed as MOEF&CC; GoI has informed all the states to revisit the State Action Plans on Climate Change (SAPCC), which will help the sates in assessing climate projections with less uncertainty.
Dr. David Easterling, Chief, Scientific Services Division, NOAA NCEI said “We are pleased to collaborate with our colleagues on the topic of climate models and downscaling which is important in planning. Impacts of Climate Change are happening now and we must plan for future. Working with India will help to improve the overall advancement in downscaling. Dr. Ken Kunkel, Professor, Cooperative Institute for Climate & Satellites, NC State University said “We know the climate is changing, and we know the direction of the change. While we continue to advance the science in specificity, we should not be paralyzed into inaction be a mistaken application of uncertainty”
The C S R Murthy DGM, NABARD said that projections are to be made with less uncertainty and NABARD will encourage such workshops to help the farming community.
Mr. Geoffrey Chin, Political and Economic Associate Consulate General of USA, Dr Ashwini Kulkurni from IITM, Dr. Sesha Srinivas, Scientist, Shaik Allavali Environmental Engineer and Nodal officers on climate change from 16 states and officials from EPTRI, PJTSAU, TSREDCO, and TSGENCO participated.
