This report also documents various aspects of the natural variability of the global and
regional climate system, teleconnection mechanisms, and coupled feedback processes of the
atmosphere–ocean–land–cryosphere system. A brief discussion on key knowledge gaps is
included in Chapters 2–11. A salient feature of this report is the inclusion of introductory
results based on the CMIP Phase 6 (CMIP6) projections of the IITM Earth System Model
(IITM-ESM)—the first climate model from India, developed at the CCCR-IITM, that is
contributing to the Sixth IPCC Assessment Report (i.e, IPCC AR6) to be released in 2021.
We hope that the material included in this regional climate change assessment report will
benefit students, researchers, scientists and policy makers, and help in advancing public
awareness of India’s changing climate, and to inform adaptation and mitigation strategies.
Pune, India
R. Krishnan
June 2020
J. Sanjay
Chellappan Gnanaseelan
Milind Mujumdar
Ashwini Kulkarni
Supriyo Chakraborty
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regional climate system, teleconnection mechanisms, and coupled feedback processes of the
atmosphere–ocean–land–cryosphere system. A brief discussion on key knowledge gaps is
included in Chapters 2–11. A salient feature of this report is the inclusion of introductory
results based on the CMIP Phase 6 (CMIP6) projections of the IITM Earth System Model
(IITM-ESM)—the first climate model from India, developed at the CCCR-IITM, that is
contributing to the Sixth IPCC Assessment Report (i.e, IPCC AR6) to be released in 2021.
We hope that the material included in this regional climate change assessment report will
benefit students, researchers, scientists and policy makers, and help in advancing public
awareness of India’s changing climate, and to inform adaptation and mitigation strategies.
Pune, India
R. Krishnan
June 2020
J. Sanjay
Chellappan Gnanaseelan
Milind Mujumdar
Ashwini Kulkarni
Supriyo Chakraborty
x
Preface