Department for Climate Change

 

Recognizing the catastrophic problem of Global Climate Change, the EMPRI, established the Centre for Climate Change to assess on a comprehensive, objective, open and transparent basis the scientific, technical and socio economic information relevant to Climate Change and understanding its potential impacts and options for adaptation and mitigation. As entrusted by the Government of Karnataka, the work of preparing the "Karnataka State Action Plan on Climate Change (SAPCC) – 1st Assessment" was undertaken by EMPRI. The KSAPCC has outlined various challenges and has also given feasible action points to be implemented by various sectors of administration in the state.

 

EMPRI has also been designated as the State Nodal Agency for Climate Change for Karnataka. It is essential to anchor all climate related knowledge available in every nook and corner of the state in a common platform and make it available to use as knowledge products, information and data to undertake climate compatible planning, implementation and monitoring, which will help to facilitate respective stakeholders in undertaking activities and projects on climate change. The Government of Karnataka has sanctioned a New scheme on Climate Change to strengthen the capacity of EMPRI as the Nodal Agency.

 

MoEFCC had provided funds for establishing its climate change unit in EMPRI for implementation of SAPCC action points and training the executive staff from various sectors of public administration in the State of Karnataka.In view of the long-term nature of the climate change issue and the very broad scope and dimensions of the problem, it will be important to develop a diverse portfolio of capacity-building interventions in a targeted and strategic manner. With the assistance of Mission for Strategic Knowledge on Climate Change programme (NMSKCC) of Department of Science and Technology, Govt. of India, the Centre for Climate Change has been strengthened to Karnataka State Strategic Knowledge Centre for Climate Change in 2016. The purpose of the State Knowledge Centre as envisaged in the objectives of NMSKCC is to strengthen the capacity at Karnataka State level to address climate issues and to integrate climate change and development imperative in policy, plans and programmes in various sectors.

DST Funded Project:

 

Name of the Project

PI

1

EMPRI-DST Proposal-2nd Phase-2023

Dr. Jagmohan Sharma, IFS

 
Ongoing Projects: 
 
 

 

Name of the Project

PI

1

Studies on Plastic Degrading Microbes Isolated from Soil

Dr. B Saritha

2

A Study of Heavy Metal Concentration in Vegetable Crops Irrigated by Different Sources of Water

Dr. N Hema

3

Understanding Institutional Initiatives (Civic) in Solid Waste Management – A Study of Bengaluru city

Dr. N Hema

4

Understanding and projecting the effect of climate change on native bee species and its implication on crop production

Dr.Pavithra P Nayak

5

Understanding anthropogenic impact on bee pollinators A study under different cultivation practices and changing land-use pattern

Dr.Pavithra P Nayak

6

Effects of Urbanization on Bee Communities and Evaluation of Ecosystem Services in Urban Area

Dr.Pavithra P Nayak

7

District wise Information Brief on Climate Change impacts, adaptation and mitigation strategies for Karnataka

Dr.Tejaswini M E

 

Completed Projects:

 

Sl. No.

Name of the Project

PI

Report

1

DST Project - Establishing/Strengthening the state climate change centre/cell under NMSKCC (SCCC-NMSKCC) in the state of Karnataka

Director General

Under Review

2

Butterflies as Climate Change Indicator- A Study in different eco-climatic zones of Karnataka Phase-II

Dr. O K Remadevi

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3

Mapping Climate Change Vulnerability: An assessment of Water Resources Sector across different districts of Karnataka”

Dr.N Hema

Under Review

4

Climate Risk Assessment in Agriculture in Different Agro Climate Zones of Karnataka

Dr.Anitha S

Under Review

5

Estimation of Photosynthetic Potential of dominant Mangrove species in different Osmotic Environment

Mr. Balasubramanya Sharma

Under Review

6

Exploring the Potential of Microalgae for Carbon Capture, Biomass Production and Bioremediation

Dr.B Saritha

Under Review

7

Impact of Climate Change on population under Poverty for Karnataka

Dr.Tejaswini M E

Under Review

8

A Revisit to the Long-Term Research Sites in Tropical Forests of Karnataka

Mr. Balasubramanya Sharma

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9

Vulnerability Profile of Karnataka State District Level Vulnerability Assessment

Dr.N Hema

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10

Exploring the potential of terrestrial indoor plants for moderating the effect of climatic conditions in urban areas

Dr.Pavithra P Nayak

Under Review

11

Promoting Green Buildings to Combat Climate Change A Study of Bengaluru

S. Manasi

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12

Carbon Neutral EMPRI: A Pilot Project to achieve Carbon Neutrality For Karnataka

Dr.Deepika Swami

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13

Urban Planning Characteristics to Mitigate Climate Change in Context of Urban Heat Island Effect

Ms. Minni Sastry

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14

Assessing Metro Rail system as a Means of Mitigation Strategy to Climate Change

Dr.N Hema

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15

Assessing Double Injustice of Peri-urban Water Resources around Bangalore

Arvind Laksmisha

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16

Ecological Research on Soil Carbon Storage in Karnataka

Sumanta Bagchi

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17

Climate Change, Urbanization and the Housing Sector in Karnataka A Pilot Study on Energy

Ulka Kelkar

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18

Agroforestry as a Climate Change Mitigation and Adaptation Strategy for Karnataka

Indu K Murthy & Dr. M H Swaminath

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19

Urbanization and its Effects on Lizards A Study from a Climate Change Perspective

Dr.Maria Thaker

& Madhura Amdekar

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20

Butterflies as Indicators of Climate Change-A Baseline Study in Bangalore City

Dr O K Remadevi

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21

Impact of Climate Change on Incidence of Vector-Borne Diseases and Vulnerability Mapping for Karnataka

Smt. Chitra. P,

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22

Estimation of GHG Emissions from Selected Municipal Solid Waste Landfills and Processing Units of Urban Bangalore

Dr.Papiya Roy

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23

Establishing a Baseline for Monitoring Sea Turtle Nesting Sites on the Karnataka Coast through Coastline Mapping

Muralidharan. M, Naveen Namboothri, and Kartik Shanker

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