In recent years, there has been rapid development of the literature linking climate change and armed conflicts. Although no conclusionary evidence has been found of a direct link between climate change and armed conflicts, still climate change has been addressed as an important trigger,...

Coastal cities around the world are locales of high vulnerability. The issues are graver in the developing world where the challenges posed by the urbanisation and climate change multiply the existing risks. Here, we examine the case of Kochi, an Indian city located at the centre of a rapidly...

In this paper, we try to cover a whole range of polices and schemes that have been undertaken in Indiato finance disaster risk resilience (DRR). This paper tries to emphasise the importance of DRR in dealing with natural catastrophesby integrating DRR and climate change adaptation strategies for...