Addressing the Climate Crisis in the Indian Himalayas

Dr. Anwesha Borthakur is presently a Landhaus Fellow at the Rachel Carson Center for Environment and Society, Ludwig Maximilian University of Munich in Germany. She is an affiliate with the University of Leuven (KU Leuven) in Belgium from where she completed her Marie Skłodowska-Curie Postdoctoral Fellowship in 2021. Prior to that, she obtained her PhD in science policy from Jawaharlal Nehru University (JNU), New Delhi, India. She has published over 40 research articles/book chapters in peer-reviewed, indexed journals/books and edited volumes on topics associated with environmental sustainability. Her broad areas of research interest include waste governance, electronic and textile waste, traditional ecological knowledge, public engagement for environmental sustainability and scientometric analysis.Dr. Pardeep Singh is presently an Assistant Professor at the Department of Environmental Studies, PGDAV College, University of Delhi in New Delhi, India. He obtained his PhD fromthe Indian Institute of Technology (Banaras Hindu University), Varanasi. He was selected as a Young Scientist by the Department of Science and Technology (DST), India for the BRICS Young Scientist Conclave held in Durban, South Africa. His research interests include waste management, wastewater treatment, water scarcity and global climate change. He has published more than 75 research papers/book chapters in international journals/books in the field of environmental science. He has also edited more than 40 books with various international publishers including Springer Nature, Elsevier, CRC Press and Wiley.

• The climate crisis in the Indian Himalayas: An introduction.- Traditional ecological knowledge repository in the Indian Himalayas: An overview.- Traditional ecological knowledge and associated belief systems for applied environmental protection in the Indian Himalayas.- Traditional weather and climate indicators: Experiences from the Indian Himalayas.- Traditional agroforestry practices in the Indian Himalayas.- Traditional ecological knowledge in sustainable conservation of seeds and food grains in the Himalayas.- Development of climate resilient varieties of agricultural produces in the Indian Himalayas.- Traditional food systems in the Indian Himalayas: Perspectives from climate science.- Grassroots Conservators and Innovators: Contributions of the traditional ecological knowledge.- The link between traditional ecological knowledge and climate science.- Mitigation of climate change impacts and disasters in the Indian Himalayas: The role of traditional ecological knowledge.- Adaptation to climate change in the Indian Himalayas: Could traditional ecological knowledge help?