Climate change is an ever existing inevitable reality. It’s a natural phenomenon; human intervention has however accelerated this process to the level which has upset the ecological balance. Development and climate change are related such that one affects the other. It is a global problem and collective action is an imperative to nations to cope climate change. Technology is widely recognized as a vital part of any economy or country and it can be used for having a safe impact on the environment. The debate today is not only about the relationship between economic growth and carbon dioxide emission but has a broader aspect. The real challenge is how to reposition it by shifting towards a developmental paradigm that holds sustainability as its core. It is hoped that this paper will provide a definite idea on appropriate climate responsive technologies and its importance and some useful insights on the underlying meaning, policies and choices which may help to shape the systems to attain inclusive growth with sustainable development.

1. Appropriate Climate Responsive
Technologies for Inclusive
Growth and Sustainable
Development
- Abhishek Agrawal, Suraj Mohapatra and
Gourisankar Satapathy
from
Biju Patnaik University of Technology, Odisha

2. Contents
• Introduction
• Greenhouse Gases – Issues and Concerns
• Need for Green Technologies
• Appropriate Climate Responsive Technologies
• Inclusive Growth and Sustainable
Development
• Concluding Remarks
• Bibliography

3. Introduction
• Climate change is an ever existing inevitable
reality.
• But what is climate change? It is “any change
in climate over time, whether due to natural
variability or as a result of human activity”.
• It universally affects all people living around
the globe. However, the irony is that its
impact is not equal across the world. Climate
change is already happening and is not a
fairy tale.

4. Greenhouse Gases – Issues and
Concerns
• Relationship between economic
growth and Greenhouse gas
emission
• Greenhouse gas emission variables –
(Population) x (per capita GDP) x
(Intensity)ghg = Emissions ghg
• Global Warming

5. Need for Green Technologies
• Fossil fuel dependency
• Sustainable
• Job creation and economic
growth
• Mitigation and Adaptation

6. Sector-wise GHG Emission Energy Supply-35.3%
Industrial Sector-12.3%
Enteric Fermentation-
15.3%
Transport Sector-6.5%
Construction Sector-
9.7%
Rice Cultivation-7.0%

7. Appropriate Climate Responsive
Technologies
• Energy Supply & Industrial Sector – Renewable
Energy Uses, Energy audit, Separation of CO2
from fuel gasand energy efficient lighting like
LED & CFL bulbs
• Enteric Fermentation – Dry matter intake
approach
• Construction Sector – Alternate building
materials like bamboo, stone, mud block, etc
• Rice Cultivation – No till method, Innovative
water management

8. Technologies for Adaptation
• Extreme weather, sea level events – Early
warning and evacuation systems, Climate
proofing infrastructure
• Agriculture, Water management –
Desalination techniques, new varieties of
crops, advanced irrigation techniques
• Public Health – Improved public
transport, Disease vector control,
Vaccination

14. Inclusive Growth and Sustainable
Development
• An equitable allocation of resources with benefits
incurred to every section of the society & meeting
the needs of the present without compromising the
ability of future generations to meet their own needs
• Appropriate climate responsive technologies helps to
equilibrate both
• Numerous jobs and joining in of excluded section of
the society
• Renewable energy sources
• Engineer’s role
• Government’s role

15. Concluding Remarks
Finally, the point has to be made that without
the combined and dedicated efforts from private
and public sectors and, sincere and whole-
hearted commitment by the common mass at
individual levels, any attempt or act to lessen
greenhouse gas emission will not produce any
fruitful result. This is the challenge that Indian
government and the people must rise up to. The
only question that remains is, Are we ready?

16. Thank you..
Any queries or thoughts? Please
Ask. They’re most welcome.

17. Bibliography
• Wikipedia.
• The United Nations Academic Impact (UNAI) program, “Globalization and
Development, Current trends” compilation (2012), the Institute of Foreign Policy
Studies, Calcutta University.
• Congressional Research Service, “Greenhouse Gas Emission Drivers: Population,
Economic Development and Growth, and Energy Use” (2010) by John Blodgett and
Larry Parker.
• UNFCCC Publications, “Technologies for adaptation to climate change” issued by
the Climate Change Secretariat (UNFCCC).
• United Nations Department of Economic and Social Affairs Report, “Climate
Change: Technology development and Technology transfer”, Beijing High Level
Conference (2008).
• United Nations Department of Economic and Social Affairs Report, “Climate
Change: Technology development and Technology transfer”, Beijing High Level
Conference (2008).
• Wikipedia.
• Economics Department, IILM Institute for Higher Education, “Inclusive Growth for
Sustainable Development in India” by Abhijit Mukhopadhyay and Rakhi Singh.
• The World Bank; What is Inclusive Growth: The World Development Report (2009).