Impact of community mobilization on climate change response generation
Content Editor: Dr Tanya Tanu
February 22, 2024 at 7:00:00 PM
Climate Change, Community Participation, Global warming

The study is a part of the compendium prepared by the Centre for Environmental and Occupational Health, Climate Change and Health, National Centre for Disease Control.
The gap Analysis study used Participatory Learning Approaches to:
Provide space for people to reflect on their experiences
Share observations from various life domains
Facilitate discussions on local climate vulnerabilities and health linkages was conducted by Prayas, a Non-Profit Organization based in Pune, India.
Immediate outcomes of the study included mapping contextual vulnerabilities such as:
Degradation of land with changing climate and Increasing use of fertilizers
Chronic water scarcity
Increased salinity of water
Delayed and unpredictable monsoons
Vector and water-borne diseases in villages
The study also explained pictorial tools for waterborne disease interventions due to climate change impacts, water scarcity, and unsafe water.
These significant findings could be further extrapolated as an Action Plan for entire communities.
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