| Session Details | |
| Section | IG - Interdisciplinary Geosciences |
| Session Title | Multi-dimensional Aspects of Climate Change Over South Asian Region : |
| Main Convener | Dr. Neloy Khare (Ministry of Earth Sciences, India) |
| Co-convener(s) | Dr. Shilpa Pandey (Birbal Sahni Institute of Palaeosciences, India) Dr. Ak Sahai (Indian Institute of Tropical Meteorology, India) Dr. O P Mishra (Ministry of Earth Sciences, India) Dr. Leszek Marks (Faculty of Geology of the University of Warsaw,ul. Żwirki i Wigury 93, 02-089 Warsaw, Poland, Poland) |
| Session Description | “ MULTI-DIMENSIONAL ASPECTS OF CLIMATE CHANGE OVER SOUTH ASIAN REGION : South Asia, known to be the most disaster prone and vulnerable region to the impacts of climate change. In general, past and present climate trends and variability in South Asia can be characterized by increasing air temperatures and there is an increasing trend in the intensity and frequency of extreme events in South Asia over the last century. A significant acceleration of warming over that observed in the twentieth century has been noticed in the temperature projections for South Asia for the twenty-first century. Himalayan Highlands including the Tibetan Plateau and arid regions of Asia are the most affected regions due to such expected warming. The projected impacts of climate change in South Asia will vary across sectors, locations and populations. The projected impacts of climate change in different parts of South Asia needs to be understood in details. This requires a firm understanding of present and past to prepare futuristic climate scenarios for different parts of South Asian regions and thus demands an integrated, multi-disciplinary cross cutting approach to address complicated climate change related science and issues. In order to deliberate on this significant theme dealing with the climate change, it is felt essential to convene the proposed scientific session during the 14th Annual Meeting of Asia Oceania Geosciences Society (AOGS) at Singapore (6-11 August 2017) by inviting scientists, policy planners, researchers and academicians because of the multi-disciplinary approaches involved in the issue. Keywords: South Asia; ; Climate-change; Paleo-Climate. Climate modeling; Climate scenario; Planning for mitigation and Adaptation |