Climate change has brought an additional dimension to disaster risks in the Indian Himalayan Region as it is projected to exacerbate the intensity and magnitude of various natural hazards such as storms, high-intensity rainfall events, heat waves, floods and droughts. As per the IPCC the projections suggest high probability for an increasing trend in the high intensity and low probability events.
These increased catastrophic risks will further undermine the developmental gains already made in the region. Therefore in order to cope up with the adverse effects of changing farmer we need:
- Promote emphasis on risk mitigation compared to the current response-driven mechanisms
- Provide a cost-effective way of coping with the financial impacts of climate- and weather-induced hazards
- Support climate change adaptation by covering residual risks not covered by other risk reduction mechanisms
- Stabilise rural incomes and reduce adverse effects on socio-economic development
- Provide opportunities for public-private partnerships
- Reduce burden on government resources for post-disaster relief and reconstruction
- Help communities quickly recover and restore their livelihood activity
- Address risks from both climatic and non-climatic origins