The book offers a definite and concrete approach to various aspects of climate change and disaster management based on the directives provided in the syllabus of the undergraduate programme on Environmental Sciences by Tamil Nadu Agricultural University. The content of the book has been covered in the following broad topics/units. Such as climate change and its causes, the impact of climate change, measurements of climate change factors, mitigation and adaptation to climate change, basic concepts of disaster, disaster impact assessment, planning and preparedness for disaster management, frameworks, approaches and methods for disaster risk reduction, policies for disaster management. All these units have the latest data, information on all policies, legislation, amendments, bills, acts, etc. The range and scope of the content are such that it will be useful for various other competitive examinations where questions on climate change, disaster, mitigation and policies.

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1. Climate Change and Disaster Risk Reduction
2. IPCC Assessment on Climate Change and International Conventions
3. Role of the Ocean in Climate Change
4. Freak Monsoon
5. Impact of GHG on Global Warming
6. Effect of Biotic and Abiotic Factors on Crop Production
7. Impacts of Climate Change on Agriculture Food Security and Hydrology
8. Impacts of Climate Change on Ecosystem
9. Impacts of Climate Change on Human Health
10. Climate Change and Crops
11. Monitoring of GHG at Atmosphere and Different Ecosystem
12. CO2 Enrichment and Plant Response
13. Carbon Sequestration
14. Adaptation to Climate Change
15. Disasters: Introduction
16. Floods and Drought
17. Hydro Meteorological Disasters
18. Geological Disasters Landslides
19. Manmade Disasters
20. Disaster Risks in Agriculture Sector
21. Disaster Damage on Livestock, Fish and Poultry
22. Disaster Management in Agriculture
23. Role of IT, Remote Sensing, GIS and GPS in Disaster Preparedness
24. Weather Forecasting and Early Warning Systems
25. Disaster and Post-Disaster Recovery
26. Nature and Type of Immediate Response for Disaster Management
27. Strategies for Fisheries Management
28. Disaster Management Act and Policies in India
29. Government Policies and Schemes for Agricultural Disasters

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