The Economic Impact of Climate Change on India: Challenges, Vulnerabilities, and Adaptation Strategies

Abstract

  Climate change-related environmental issues are currently one of the world's most pressing challenges. India is dealing with a number of issues related to climate change, including harmful effects on agriculture, water resources, forests, biodiversity, health, and temperature rise. The primary impact of climate change in India has been on agricultural productivity. Most of the population depends directly or indirectly on agriculture. The route to becoming a developed India has seen increased industrialisation and urbanisation, but we are also dealing with the growing requirements of an expanding population. This study seeks to investigate the consequences and many facets of this issue. To better understand this problem  we obtained the secondary data from various media outlets, research agencies, policy papers, newspapers, and other sources  which threw light on the following aspects- 1) How an increasing lifestyle is a challenge for the environment, and 2) how the environment, which is both a natural and human-made habitat, affects and sustains life on Earth? These findings concluded that though it is vital for humanity to evolve over time, but it is also crucial to safeguard resources for future generations by strict accountability of resources and regulations implemented in the past to generate cutting-edge climate policy.

Keywords: Environment, Climate Change, Economic development