The Environmental Protection Training and Research Institute (EPTRI) is working along with U.S. university experts to hold a workshop on high resolution climate modeling and analysis techniques to help inform decision makers and planners across various sectors in state.
The India is impacted greatly by a changing climate and a series of extreme weather events like the recent monsoons that have wreaked havoc in people’s lives. Increase in extreme heat, often soaring near 48 to 50 degrees Celsius in some regions during the summer months, is becoming routine. The economic impacts of these climatic events are already being experienced by both the public and private sector.
The objective of the workshop is to not only share expertise across the science organizations and experts, but also to empower India State Action Planners in understanding and analyzing climate model projections, and assess their outputs for consideration in developing the State Action Plans. Learning’s of the workshop will find application across various sectoral decision contexts, including agriculture, energy planning, and infrastructure development, and understand the implications of too much water or not enough water.
This second in a series of technical information exchange and engagement activities is being convened by 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. The workshop, scheduled for February 12 to 13 will be held at the EPTRI campus in Hyderabad. EPTRI is collaborating with TERI as well on this workshop.
Invited participants include scientists, policy makers, government officials, practitioners, State Action Planners, university professors, and students and professionals working in climatic adaptation to attend the technical workshop on climate projections.
