Chapter 1
New Challenges on Natural Resources
and their Impact on Climate Change
in the Indian Context
Sunil Kumar Srivastava
Abstract Global warming resulting from industrialization, excess consumption of
fossil fuel, and agricultural activity is a new challenge for human civilization in the
twenty-first century. The impact of global warming in the melting of glaciers and the
rise in sea level is being observed worldwide (Ayala A, Farias-Barahona D, Huss M,
Pellicciotti F, McPhee J, Farinotti D. 2020. Cryosphere 14:2005. doi:10.5194/tc-142005-2020). India is a developing country suffering from excess human population
and a lack of awareness among the people regarding the impact of global warming
on human civilization. India has started various remedial measures to minimize the
emission of greenhouse gases. It has launched various schemes to promote the
production of renewable sources of energy (solar energy, wind energy, geothermal
energy, tidal energy, hydroelectric energy, and biomass energy) on a large scale as
well as on a small scale in rural areas. The government of India has promoted
numerous steps to resolve global warming and climate change. They have facilitated
the production of renewable sources of energy on a major scale so that consumption
of fossil fuel is minimized, which helps reduce carbon load in the atmosphere. India
has also taken steps to fix carbon by increasing plantation. It has been shown that
forest and tree cover in the country has increased from 14% in 1950–1951 to 24.01%
in 2011–2012. India is a country with a rich diversity of socioeconomic conditions,
geography, and climate: hence, the implementation of a uniform policy throughout
the country is always challenging. A policy on a small scale (zone-wise) is needed so
that the diversity of socioeconomic conditions, geography, and climate is considered
seriously in polices. Hence, it is essential that every section of society also participates to resolve these issues and to cooperate with policies implemented by the
government of India.
Keywords Natural resource · Climate change · Agriculture · Energy consumption ·
India
S. K. Srivastava (*)
Department of Chemistry and Environmental Sciences, Jaypee University of Engineering and
Technology, Guna, MP, India
e-mail: sunil.srivastava@juet.ac.in; sunil16sster@gmail.com
© The Author(s), under exclusive license to Springer Nature Switzerland AG 2021
M. N. Islam, A. van Amstel (eds.), India: Climate Change Impacts, Mitigation
and Adaptation in Developing Countries, Springer Climate,
https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-67865-4_1
1
New Challenges on Natural Resources
and their Impact on Climate Change
in the Indian Context
Sunil Kumar Srivastava
Abstract Global warming resulting from industrialization, excess consumption of
fossil fuel, and agricultural activity is a new challenge for human civilization in the
twenty-first century. The impact of global warming in the melting of glaciers and the
rise in sea level is being observed worldwide (Ayala A, Farias-Barahona D, Huss M,
Pellicciotti F, McPhee J, Farinotti D. 2020. Cryosphere 14:2005. doi:10.5194/tc-142005-2020). India is a developing country suffering from excess human population
and a lack of awareness among the people regarding the impact of global warming
on human civilization. India has started various remedial measures to minimize the
emission of greenhouse gases. It has launched various schemes to promote the
production of renewable sources of energy (solar energy, wind energy, geothermal
energy, tidal energy, hydroelectric energy, and biomass energy) on a large scale as
well as on a small scale in rural areas. The government of India has promoted
numerous steps to resolve global warming and climate change. They have facilitated
the production of renewable sources of energy on a major scale so that consumption
of fossil fuel is minimized, which helps reduce carbon load in the atmosphere. India
has also taken steps to fix carbon by increasing plantation. It has been shown that
forest and tree cover in the country has increased from 14% in 1950–1951 to 24.01%
in 2011–2012. India is a country with a rich diversity of socioeconomic conditions,
geography, and climate: hence, the implementation of a uniform policy throughout
the country is always challenging. A policy on a small scale (zone-wise) is needed so
that the diversity of socioeconomic conditions, geography, and climate is considered
seriously in polices. Hence, it is essential that every section of society also participates to resolve these issues and to cooperate with policies implemented by the
government of India.
Keywords Natural resource · Climate change · Agriculture · Energy consumption ·
India
S. K. Srivastava (*)
Department of Chemistry and Environmental Sciences, Jaypee University of Engineering and
Technology, Guna, MP, India
e-mail: sunil.srivastava@juet.ac.in; sunil16sster@gmail.com
© The Author(s), under exclusive license to Springer Nature Switzerland AG 2021
M. N. Islam, A. van Amstel (eds.), India: Climate Change Impacts, Mitigation
and Adaptation in Developing Countries, Springer Climate,
https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-67865-4_1
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