Global Climatic changes and its effect on hilly tract of Uttarakhand

Climate change is a major global environmental and developmental problem and also an issue of great concern to all countries irrespective of their size or level of development. Though all possible consequences of climate change are yet to be understood, it is now established that adverse impacts are likely from increased frequency of extreme weather, floods and droughts, and submergence of coastal areas due to sea level rise and extreme climate variability. Impacts of climate change are also likely to be iniquitous -- the poor, women, the aged, and the very young ? especially in underdeveloped or developing area contexts are relatively more vulnerable due to their greater dependence on climate-sensitive sectors like agriculture, fisheries, and forestry for their livelihoods or their limited adaptive capacity. The poor status of infrastructure and essential services in most of the poverty-affected areas also limits their ability to cope with adverse impacts of climate change. Climate change no longer remains a distant theoretical possibility or an academic rhetoric; but is an unconcealed reality. The deep interconnections between the vulnerability of natural and human systems to climate change calls for expeditious coping strategies and response measures. In this research work I would like to show devastation mend by Climate change in recent years on Uttarakhand hills with sustainable remedies to check further by proofing of vulnerable schemes, programmes, natural systems and communities by integrating adaptation and mitigation options into planning process and interventions which are increasingly and becoming an integral part of development of secure environment worldwide.