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Current Projects
Measures for Adaptation to Climate Change in Rajasthan A study funded by, Department for International Development (DFID) on Measures for Adaptation to Climate Change in Rajasthan was taken up which focussed on the traditional adaptation practices and coping measures by the vulnerable communities in a drought prone area in Rajasthan. Environmental & Social Reporting Formats for VSBK entrepreneurs: To improve the
environmental and social performance of the brick sector, DA and TARA have
devised a novel method to utilise carbon credits to incentives compliance
to laws thereby improving environmental performance and make owners
socially responsible by ensuring provision of social security for workers.
In the project, TARA will facilitate installation of 126 VSBKs in the four
states of Madhya Pradesh, Chattisgarh, Jharkhand and Rajasthan. The carbon
emission reductions achieved from bundled kilns will be monetized in the
form of Certified Emission Reductions to be sold to the Community
Development Carbon Fund of the World Bank. The Greenhouse Gas Pollution Prevention (GEP) project was launched by The United States Agency for International Development (USAID) in 1995 to help India increase the efficiency of its coal fired power plants and promote year round co-generation in sugar industry. The GEP programme was expanded into Climate Change Supplement (GEP-CCS) in 1999 in order to focus upon :
The GEP-CCS project is
being co-ordinated by the Louis Berger Group Inc., a consulting company
from Washington D.C. and with its project office in New Delhi. The
project is mainly being carried out by Climate Change Centre,
Development Alternatives. Climate Change Outreach and Awareness Programme
Activities carried out under this programme
Southern Perspective of Climate Change : India A status report in nature this research project aims at bringing out the "Southern Perspective" of Climate Change to US public, media and policy makers. The audience for this report is the international community. Its purpose is to inform that developing countries are already implementing climate policies and are not the free riders in the climate change regime. Developed countries are this way informed on the ongoing activities in the developing world.
State of Environment : SAARC Countries
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Change Outreach and Awareness Programme being carried out at Development
Alternatives and a few other organisations is a programme of United
States Agency for International Development (USAID). This programme
seeks to strengthen local institutions so that they can better
understand and participate in the global debate on climate change. USAID
is also assisting local institutions become better providers of
information on climate change so that their constituents can participate
more fully in 
capturing the benefits from upcoming programmes and
mechanisms addressing climate change. The other institutions involved in
this programme are Confederation of Indian Industries (CII); Indian
Institute of Management (IIM), Ahmedabad; Federation of Indian Chambers
of Commerce and Industries (FICCI); Tata Energy Research Institute
(TERI) and Credit Rating Information Services India Ltd. (CRISIL).
