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Title: Climate change induced urban floods and droughts in the Hindu Kush Himalayan
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NAP Summary: The UN Climate Change and Universities Partnership Programme initiates new partnership with the Jawaharlal Nehru University (India), RCC Bangkok, Global Water Partnership and World Meteorological Organization.
NAP Description: The UN Climate Change and Universities Partnership Programme initiates new partnership with the Jawaharlal Nehru University (India), RCC Bangkok, Global Water Partnership and World Meteorological Organization.
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January 2022, two student researchers of the NWP partner JawaharlalNehru University (Centre for the study of
regional development) in New Delhi commenced a research project, aiming to address
a priority knowledge gap on understanding the impacts of climate change on
water resources for the HinduKush Himalayan (HKH) region.
 
Extreme
climatological events manifest in many forms, including droughts and floods,
which compromise water quality and quantity. However, very few studies focus
exclusively on urban and mountainous ecosystems. This study focusses on urban
environments in the mountain ecosystem, featuring a case study of the Chamoli
district of Uttarakhand State of India. The study is expected to yield
actionable knowledge relevant for target knowledge users such as watershed,
settlement and energy planners as well as community leaders and civil society
project managers.
 

The
UNFCCC secretariat, the UNFCCC/IGESRegional Collaboration Center for Asia and the Pacific
(RCC Bangkok), NWP partners GlobalWater Partnership, South Asia and
the WorldMeteorological Organisation are providing technical inputs
to the student researchers.

 

METHODOLOGIES

 

The
extreme events are identified by analysing rainfall amounts, frequency, and
estimation of their return cycle (the likelihood of the event occurring to
coincide with or exceed in a given year). High resolution meteorological data
for temperature and rainfall are being obtained from NASA/POWER CERES/MERRA2 to
track flood and drought occurrences. Trend analyses and seasonal
differentiations are tracked to highlight the characteristics of floods and
droughts. By that, minimum and maximum values of monthly, seasonal, and yearly
temperature and precipitation are analysed to understand the climatic
variability, allowing for the development of indicators to identify extreme,
climate change induced events. Additionally, the socio-economic contexts are
being evaluated to determine the inherent vulnerability of the population in
the region, based on the assessment of key infrastructure, such as housing,
water, health, utilities and insurance.

 

Key outputs

 

By
May 2022, the project will yield:

 


 
A set of climate sensitive indicators readily usable by planners and
administrators
 
A policy framework and action plan to combat adverse impact of droughts
and floods on water resources in mountain ecosystems
 
A set of recommendations to address data and knowledge gaps to assess
urban floods and droughts in HKH region
 


 

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more about the UN Climate Change and Universities PartnershipProgramme

 

 

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Adaptation sector/theme:
Geographic Region: Asia
Adaptation Element: Adaptation planning and practices; Climate observations; Climate scenarios
Climate Hazard: Floods
Article Date: 3/11/2022

Created at 3/11/2022 11:37 AM by Stefan Dierks
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