Science, Policies and Conflicts of Climate Change

Dr. Khare has an excellent academic career having all through First Class. He has a very distinctive acumen not only of administration but also of quality science and research. Dr. Khare has more than 30 years of experience in the field of paleoclimate research using paleobiology (paleontology) / teaching / science management /administration / coordination for scientific programmes (including Indian Polar Programme), etc. Dr. Khare has been conferred as Honorary Professor and Adjunct Professor by many Indian universities.

• Part1. Policy and Scenarios.- Chapter1. Climate change, science policies, National Perspectives in Global context.- Chapter2. Climate changes over Indian subcontinent - Scenarios and impacts.- Chapter3. Assessing the historical and future relationship between climatic factors and the production of different crops over India.- Part2. Geopolitics and Conflicts.- Chapter4. Geopolitics of Climate Change and Water Security in South Asia: Conflict and Cooperation.- Part3. Water (Water/Sea-Level Rise/Precipitation).- Chapter5. Vulnerability Analysis of Sea Level Rise (SLR) on a micro-tidal coast: a case study of Nagapattinam Coast.- Chapter6. Lacustrine records of anthropogenic change and precipitation in the monsoonal core zone of Central India since the last century.- Chapter7. Anthropogenic interference and climatic changes influencing precipitation, sediment load and sand deposition by Phalgu River in and around Jahanabad district, Bihar: A case study.- Part4. Land (geology, archeology/paleo/tectonics).- Chapter8. Impact of contrasting climate on the intensity of chemical weathering and maturity of sediments in different latitudes: a geochemical study from peninsular and extra peninsular India.- Chapter9. Manganese mineralisation in manganiferous quartzite in Boringpadar-Amath area, Eastern Ghats Mobile Belt, Odisha, India: Implication for climatic changes.- Chapter10. Archaeological evidences of climate change: Potential source to understand the past climate trend.- Chapter11. A review study on Youngest Toba Tuff ash, artifacts and vertebrate remains preserved in the Quaternary alluvial sediments of India and their significances in climate and paleoenvironment interpretations.- Chapter12. Active Tectonics-climate interaction in the structural depo-centres of Central Indian Tectonic Zone (CITZ).- Chapter13. Application of Cosmogenic Radionuclides in the Quaternary Sciences using Accelerator Mass Spectrometry.