Prof. Anil Kumar Gupta is a noted resilience and sustainability strategist, full professor of Policy and Strategies, Integrated Resilience;head of the ECDRM Division, International Cooperation, Director of projects and Centre for Excellence on Climate Resilience;and nodal officer for Central Ministries at National Institute of Disaster Management (Govt. of India), New Delhi. He is also a member of the expert team for WMO Climate Statement and core group member of IUCN-Council of Ecosystem Management. He is an elected fellow of Society for Earth Scientists, International Society of Environmental Botany and vice-chair of Association of Occupational & Environmental Health.  Dr. Akhilesh Gupta is the Secretary of Science and Engineering Research Board and Senior Advisor atthe Department of Science and Technology (Govt. of India). Dr. Gupta currently heads the Policy Coordination and Programme Management Division (PCPM) division and is the overall in charge of 5 National Missions at DST ---National Mission on Interdisciplinary Cyber Physical System, National Mission on Quantum Technology and Applications, National Super-computing Mission, National Mission on Strategic Knowledge for Climate Change and National Mission for Sustaining the Himalayan Ecosystem. Dr Gupta has to his credit over 200 publications. He is editor of 5 books, author of over 350 articles and nearly 1000 reports. He is a Fellow of Indian National Academy of Engineering (FNAE), Indian Meteorological Society (FIMS) and Associationof Agro-meteorologists (FAAM). Dr Gupta has been one of the authors of India’s National Action Plan on Climate Change (NAPCC) and head of the Secretariat which drafted India’s new Science, Technology and Innovation Policy, that is under finalization.Ms. Pritha Acharya is a research associate at National Institute of Disaster Management (NiDM).is an environmental sustainability and biodiversity professional. She holds expertise in the field of disaster risk reduction, climate change adaptation, nature based solutions and policy planning for disaster, climate resilience and sustainability. She has worked with the International Union for Conservation for Nature (IUCN) for their Business and Biodiversity Programme and is currently looking after the Climate Adaptive Planning for Resilience and sustainability in Multi-hazard Project (CAP-RES ) (DST supported) project at NIDM.

• Part 1: Overview and Major Climatic Disasters Chapter 1_ Climate Change- Extremes, Disasters and Call for Resilient Development.- Chapter 2_Evolution of Disaster Risk Reduction Systems in India.- Chapter 3_ Climate and Weather Forewarning Systems for Disaster Preparedness and Response.- Chapter 4_Community Based Issues and Opportunities in Climate Change Adaptation & Disaster Risk Reduction.- Chapter 5_Flood Management: Present Practices and Future Revisions Under Climate Change .- Chapter 6_Drought Disaster: Issues, Challenges and Risk Mitigation Strategies.- Chapter 7_Cyclone Disaster Mitigation and Management in India: An Overview.- Chapter 8_Heat Wave Disaster Risk Management Action Planning: Experience and Lessons.- Chapter 9_Impact of Climate Change on Forest Fire in India and Climate Adaptive Management Strategies.- Part 2: Thematic and Cross-cutting Issues Chapter 10_Climate Resilient Infrastructure in Developing Countries.- Chapter 11_Climate Change Adaptation in Industrial Areas for Disaster Resilience.- Chapter 12_Managing Disaster Waste in the Aftermath of Emergencies: Addressing Future Climate Risk-Integrating Adaptation.- Chapter 13_Climate Resilient Healthcare System in India.- Chapter 14_WATSAN and Public Health in Hydro-Climatic Disasters.- Chapter 15_Understanding Water-Energy-Food Nexus in Urban Ecosystem for Resilience to Climate Risks.- Chapter 16 Water Governance Transition Pathways: Adaptive Water Governance.- Chapter 17 NbS interventions as tool for urban climate resilience: A case study of peri-urban ecosystem in Noida.- Chapter 18 Equity and Fairness in Community Based Adaptation and Disaster Risk Reduction.- Chapter 19 Gender and Climate Sensitive Disaster Risk Management.- Chapter 20 Climate Change Impact on Landuse and Livelihood in Sundarbans, A Case Study of Sagar Island.- Part 3: Tools and Strategies Chapter 21 Mainstreaming Disaster Risk Reduction in EIA/SEA for Climate and Disaster Resilient Development.- Chapter 22 Climate Adaptation and Disaster Risk Reduction Integration through Environmental Legislations in India.- Chapter 23 Pathways for Integrating Climate- Disaster Resilience into Planning: Scaling Sub-national Studies to National Policy Paradigms.- Chapter 24 Insight for Climate Resilience and District Level Developmental Planning for Disaster Risk Reduction in Himalayas: A Case of Uttarakhand.- Chapter 25 Risk Management for Averting, Addressing and Minimizing Climate related Loss and Damages.- Chapter 26 Integrating Climatic DRR and CCA into Project Management Cycle.- Chapter 27 Nature Based Solutions for Disaster Risk Reduction- Concepts And Lessons.- Chapter 28 Multi-Hazard Risk and Integrated Approach to Resilience.- Chpater 29 Anticipatory Adaptation Planning: An Inherent Vulnerability Approach to Climate Change and Disaster Resilience.- Chapter 30 Adaptive Planning for Resilience and Sustainability - Lessons from India:  Project CAP-RES and Network.- Chapter 31 Disaster Risk Reduction throughClimate Adaptive Development: Strategies and Road Ahead.

Prof. Anil Kumar Gupta is a noted resilience and sustainability strategist, full professor of Policy and Strategies, Integrated Resilience;head of the ECDRM Division, International Cooperation, Director of projects and Centre for Excellence on Climate Resilience;and nodal officer for Central Ministries at National Institute of Disaster Management (Govt. of India), New Delhi. He is also a member of the expert team for WMO Climate Statement and core group member of IUCN-Council of Ecosystem Management. He is an elected fellow of Society for Earth Scientists, International Society of Environmental Botany and vice-chair of Association of Occupational & Environmental Health.  Dr. Akhilesh Gupta is the Secretary of Science and Engineering Research Board and Senior Advisor atthe Department of Science and Technology (Govt. of India). Dr. Gupta currently heads the Policy Coordination and Programme Management Division (PCPM) division and is the overall in charge of 5 National Missions at DST ---National Mission on Interdisciplinary Cyber Physical System, National Mission on Quantum Technology and Applications, National Super-computing Mission, National Mission on Strategic Knowledge for Climate Change and National Mission for Sustaining the Himalayan Ecosystem. Dr Gupta has to his credit over 200 publications. He is editor of 5 books, author of over 350 articles and nearly 1000 reports. He is a Fellow of Indian National Academy of Engineering (FNAE), Indian Meteorological Society (FIMS) and Associationof Agro-meteorologists (FAAM). Dr Gupta has been one of the authors of India’s National Action Plan on Climate Change (NAPCC) and head of the Secretariat which drafted India’s new Science, Technology and Innovation Policy, that is under finalization.Ms. Pritha Acharya is a research associate at National Institute of Disaster Management (NiDM).is an environmental sustainability and biodiversity professional. She holds expertise in the field of disaster risk reduction, climate change adaptation, nature based solutions and policy planning for disaster, climate resilience and sustainability. She has worked with the International Union for Conservation for Nature (IUCN) for their Business and Biodiversity Programme and is currently looking after the Climate Adaptive Planning for Resilience and sustainability in Multi-hazard Project (CAP-RES ) (DST supported) project at NIDM.

• Part 1: Overview and Major Climatic Disasters Chapter 1_ Climate Change- Extremes, Disasters and Call for Resilient Development.- Chapter 2_Evolution of Disaster Risk Reduction Systems in India.- Chapter 3_ Climate and Weather Forewarning Systems for Disaster Preparedness and Response.- Chapter 4_Community Based Issues and Opportunities in Climate Change Adaptation & Disaster Risk Reduction.- Chapter 5_Flood Management: Present Practices and Future Revisions Under Climate Change .- Chapter 6_Drought Disaster: Issues, Challenges and Risk Mitigation Strategies.- Chapter 7_Cyclone Disaster Mitigation and Management in India: An Overview.- Chapter 8_Heat Wave Disaster Risk Management Action Planning: Experience and Lessons.- Chapter 9_Impact of Climate Change on Forest Fire in India and Climate Adaptive Management Strategies.- Part 2: Thematic and Cross-cutting Issues Chapter 10_Climate Resilient Infrastructure in Developing Countries.- Chapter 11_Climate Change Adaptation in Industrial Areas for Disaster Resilience.- Chapter 12_Managing Disaster Waste in the Aftermath of Emergencies: Addressing Future Climate Risk-Integrating Adaptation.- Chapter 13_Climate Resilient Healthcare System in India.- Chapter 14_WATSAN and Public Health in Hydro-Climatic Disasters.- Chapter 15_Understanding Water-Energy-Food Nexus in Urban Ecosystem for Resilience to Climate Risks.- Chapter 16 Water Governance Transition Pathways: Adaptive Water Governance.- Chapter 17 NbS interventions as tool for urban climate resilience: A case study of peri-urban ecosystem in Noida.- Chapter 18 Equity and Fairness in Community Based Adaptation and Disaster Risk Reduction.- Chapter 19 Gender and Climate Sensitive Disaster Risk Management.- Chapter 20 Climate Change Impact on Landuse and Livelihood in Sundarbans, A Case Study of Sagar Island.- Part 3: Tools and Strategies Chapter 21 Mainstreaming Disaster Risk Reduction in EIA/SEA for Climate and Disaster Resilient Development.- Chapter 22 Climate Adaptation and Disaster Risk Reduction Integration through Environmental Legislations in India.- Chapter 23 Pathways for Integrating Climate- Disaster Resilience into Planning: Scaling Sub-national Studies to National Policy Paradigms.- Chapter 24 Insight for Climate Resilience and District Level Developmental Planning for Disaster Risk Reduction in Himalayas: A Case of Uttarakhand.- Chapter 25 Risk Management for Averting, Addressing and Minimizing Climate related Loss and Damages.- Chapter 26 Integrating Climatic DRR and CCA into Project Management Cycle.- Chapter 27 Nature Based Solutions for Disaster Risk Reduction- Concepts And Lessons.- Chapter 28 Multi-Hazard Risk and Integrated Approach to Resilience.- Chpater 29 Anticipatory Adaptation Planning: An Inherent Vulnerability Approach to Climate Change and Disaster Resilience.- Chapter 30 Adaptive Planning for Resilience and Sustainability - Lessons from India:  Project CAP-RES and Network.- Chapter 31 Disaster Risk Reduction throughClimate Adaptive Development: Strategies and Road Ahead.

Prof. Anil Kumar Gupta is a noted resilience and sustainability strategist, full professor of Policy and Strategies, Integrated Resilience;head of the ECDRM Division, International Cooperation, Director of projects and Centre for Excellence on Climate Resilience;and nodal officer for Central Ministries at National Institute of Disaster Management (Govt. of India), New Delhi. He is also a member of the expert team for WMO Climate Statement and core group member of IUCN-Council of Ecosystem Management. He is an elected fellow of Society for Earth Scientists, International Society of Environmental Botany and vice-chair of Association of Occupational & Environmental Health.  Dr. Akhilesh Gupta is the Secretary of Science and Engineering Research Board and Senior Advisor atthe Department of Science and Technology (Govt. of India). Dr. Gupta currently heads the Policy Coordination and Programme Management Division (PCPM) division and is the overall in charge of 5 National Missions at DST ---National Mission on Interdisciplinary Cyber Physical System, National Mission on Quantum Technology and Applications, National Super-computing Mission, National Mission on Strategic Knowledge for Climate Change and National Mission for Sustaining the Himalayan Ecosystem. Dr Gupta has to his credit over 200 publications. He is editor of 5 books, author of over 350 articles and nearly 1000 reports. He is a Fellow of Indian National Academy of Engineering (FNAE), Indian Meteorological Society (FIMS) and Associationof Agro-meteorologists (FAAM). Dr Gupta has been one of the authors of India’s National Action Plan on Climate Change (NAPCC) and head of the Secretariat which drafted India’s new Science, Technology and Innovation Policy, that is under finalization.Ms. Pritha Acharya is a research associate at National Institute of Disaster Management (NiDM).is an environmental sustainability and biodiversity professional. She holds expertise in the field of disaster risk reduction, climate change adaptation, nature based solutions and policy planning for disaster, climate resilience and sustainability. She has worked with the International Union for Conservation for Nature (IUCN) for their Business and Biodiversity Programme and is currently looking after the Climate Adaptive Planning for Resilience and sustainability in Multi-hazard Project (CAP-RES ) (DST supported) project at NIDM.

• Part 1: Overview and Major Climatic Disasters Chapter 1_ Climate Change- Extremes, Disasters and Call for Resilient Development.- Chapter 2_Evolution of Disaster Risk Reduction Systems in India.- Chapter 3_ Climate and Weather Forewarning Systems for Disaster Preparedness and Response.- Chapter 4_Community Based Issues and Opportunities in Climate Change Adaptation & Disaster Risk Reduction.- Chapter 5_Flood Management: Present Practices and Future Revisions Under Climate Change .- Chapter 6_Drought Disaster: Issues, Challenges and Risk Mitigation Strategies.- Chapter 7_Cyclone Disaster Mitigation and Management in India: An Overview.- Chapter 8_Heat Wave Disaster Risk Management Action Planning: Experience and Lessons.- Chapter 9_Impact of Climate Change on Forest Fire in India and Climate Adaptive Management Strategies.- Part 2: Thematic and Cross-cutting Issues Chapter 10_Climate Resilient Infrastructure in Developing Countries.- Chapter 11_Climate Change Adaptation in Industrial Areas for Disaster Resilience.- Chapter 12_Managing Disaster Waste in the Aftermath of Emergencies: Addressing Future Climate Risk-Integrating Adaptation.- Chapter 13_Climate Resilient Healthcare System in India.- Chapter 14_WATSAN and Public Health in Hydro-Climatic Disasters.- Chapter 15_Understanding Water-Energy-Food Nexus in Urban Ecosystem for Resilience to Climate Risks.- Chapter 16 Water Governance Transition Pathways: Adaptive Water Governance.- Chapter 17 NbS interventions as tool for urban climate resilience: A case study of peri-urban ecosystem in Noida.- Chapter 18 Equity and Fairness in Community Based Adaptation and Disaster Risk Reduction.- Chapter 19 Gender and Climate Sensitive Disaster Risk Management.- Chapter 20 Climate Change Impact on Landuse and Livelihood in Sundarbans, A Case Study of Sagar Island.- Part 3: Tools and Strategies Chapter 21 Mainstreaming Disaster Risk Reduction in EIA/SEA for Climate and Disaster Resilient Development.- Chapter 22 Climate Adaptation and Disaster Risk Reduction Integration through Environmental Legislations in India.- Chapter 23 Pathways for Integrating Climate- Disaster Resilience into Planning: Scaling Sub-national Studies to National Policy Paradigms.- Chapter 24 Insight for Climate Resilience and District Level Developmental Planning for Disaster Risk Reduction in Himalayas: A Case of Uttarakhand.- Chapter 25 Risk Management for Averting, Addressing and Minimizing Climate related Loss and Damages.- Chapter 26 Integrating Climatic DRR and CCA into Project Management Cycle.- Chapter 27 Nature Based Solutions for Disaster Risk Reduction- Concepts And Lessons.- Chapter 28 Multi-Hazard Risk and Integrated Approach to Resilience.- Chpater 29 Anticipatory Adaptation Planning: An Inherent Vulnerability Approach to Climate Change and Disaster Resilience.- Chapter 30 Adaptive Planning for Resilience and Sustainability - Lessons from India:  Project CAP-RES and Network.- Chapter 31 Disaster Risk Reduction throughClimate Adaptive Development: Strategies and Road Ahead.