CLIMATE SMART INVESTMENT STRATEGIES AND ACTION PLANS FOR SOUTH ASIA
Challenges
Under the pressures of climate change, agricultural development and economic growth in South Asia must take place alongside efforts to meet nationally determined contribution (NDC) targets. Climate Smart Investment Strategies and Action Plans for South Asia proposes alternative policies, institutions, and investment strategies to identify climate smart development pathways for the agriculture sector.
Timeline:January 2018-December 2021
Regions: India, Bangladesh, Nepal, Bhutan
Researchers: Barun Deb Pal and Himanshu Pathak
Key aims
- Evaluate alternative policies and institutions to achieve climate smart development pathways in South Asia.
- Conduct stakeholder consultations, meetings, and engagement activities to identify and prioritize constraints on the enabling environment for effective climate smart interventions.
- Develop an investment strategy and business models to accomplish NDC commitments through climate smart development pathways in South Asia. Additionally, our aim is to develop a network of key stakeholders for policy dissemination and capacity building.
Project activities and outputs
An analytical framework will be developed, linking the existing socioeconomic structure of the selected study regions, government visions for long-term economic growth, and global commitments to accomplish sustainable developmental goals (SDGs) and NDCs. The framework will provide a foundation for an assessment of gaps in existing policies and institutions that impact the implementation of climate smart agriculture practices. Finally, an investment strategy for scaling up climate smart development interventions in each study country will be developed.
