Climate change research initiative: Indian network for Climate Change Assessment

The present article provides a brief overview of Indian Network for Climate Change Assessment (INCCA) which is a new initiative of the Ministry of Environment and Forests. It has been visualized as a network of institutions countrywide and is designed to undertake a range of activities in the area of climate change, e.g. science, impacts, vulnerability, mitigation and adaptation. Under the aegis of INCCA, two assessments, viz. Greenhouse Gas Emissions 2007 and a Sectoral and Regional Analysis of Climate Change in 2030s have been brought out. A National Carbonaceous Aerosols Programme has been developed. INCCA contemplates other initiatives which could serve as basis to respond to concerns of climate change.