"A BC3-TERI Study." Research conducted jointly by The Energy and Resources Institute (TERI), New Delhi, and the Basque Centre for Climate Change (BC3), Bilbao, Spain.

First bottom-up national assessment of climate change adaptation costs for India, covering the medium term to 2030.

Introduction -- $t Ch. 1. Overview of adaptation costs: concepts and methodologies -- $t Ch. 2. Health sector: adaptation costs for climate-sensitive diseases in India -- $t Ch. 3. Forests and ecosystems: adaptation costs for Indian forests -- $t Ch. 4. Agriculture sector: adaptation costs for Indian agriculture -- $t Ch. 5. Coastal zones: adaptation costs for Indian coastal margins -- $t Ch. 6. Water sector: adaptation costs for freshwater resources -- $t Ch. 7. Cross-sectoral analysis and implications for policy and funding -- References -- Index.

Policy research study estimating costs of adapting to climate change in India; first bottom-up national adaptation cost assessment for a developing country. Covers five sectors: human health (malaria, diarrhoea, malnutrition), forests and ecosystems, agriculture, coastal zones, and freshwater resources. For each sector: identifies climate impacts and vulnerable areas; selects adaptation options; estimates unit and total adaptation costs to 2030; and compares them with current government programmes. State-level disaggregation accounts for India's regional diversity. Guides global adaptation funding negotiations and cost-efficient policy design, protecting vulnerable populations. Essential for researchers, climate negotiators, policy-makers, development economists, and environmental planners.