As an integral part of sustainable development, the impacts from climate change, including increasing water stress, more extreme weather events, the potential for high levels of migration and the disruption of international markets are critical challenges for all Asian countries. With rapid economic growth and modernization, the countries in the region are increasing production and consumption, calling for critical adaption measures.

This document contains the presentation by Vivek Prasad, George Mason University, USA and Rajeev Ranjan, Lohardaga Gram Swarajya Sansthan, Jharkhand, on “The value of natural resource management in adaptation and building resilience to climate change ” during Second National Research Conference on Climate Change, organized by the Centre for Science and Environment, IIT Delhi and IIT Madras on November 5-6, 2011 at New Delhi.

This study assesses the status of environmental management in the bee- hive coke oven plants in Assam and Meghalaya. It overviews the environmental issues of bee-hive coke oven plants and also recommends various measures for better environmental management in the beehive coke oven plants.

Universal Crescent Power Private Limited (UCPPL) proposes to set up a Coal Based Saurashtra Super Thermal Power Project (STPP) of 4000 MW (6 x 660 MW) nominal capacity, comprising of three stages of 2 x 660 MW units at Bharvadia village of Kalyanpur taluk in Jamnagar district, Gujarat. The project operates on super critical technology and will be implemented in three phases of each phase of 1320 MW (2x660 MW).

This report deals with environmental assessment and environmental management framework for the World Bank supported Jalanidhi-2 programme of the Kerala Rural Water Supply and Sanitation Agency (KRWSA), an important player in rural water supply and sanitation sector of the state. The agency was constituted to implement “Jalanidhi” Project and has successfully developed a viable alternate model for service delivery, based on the principle of cost recovery.