2. Focus…
• Small scale famers their vulnerability
• Support through direct support and policy
changes
3. Issues
• Agriculture and food security
– Access and control over water
– Agro-ecological agriculture practices
– Direct support to farmers in terms of subsidies,
incentives
– Research and development to address local
vulnerabilities
4. Issues
• Water manager
– Coastal water intrusion, salinity
– Policy
– Water wastage
• Awareness raising sharing best practices
5. Action plan
• In the absence of parliamentarian from Both
(India and Bangladesh)
– Identify climate/ environment champions among
parliamentarians and strengthen links
– Identify issues to be addressed on priority
– Sensitise parliamentarians on climate change
issues and its impact on food security, livelihood,
food productivity as future risk
– Political parties to incoporate environmental
issues in their manifesto
6. Action plan
• India- standing committee on climate change
need to proactively engage on relevant issues
• Inter-departmental body to be set up and
strengthen to address multiple issues
• We need to convey that we do not have lot of
time to address climate change, we have
impacts felt by people NOW!
