The Costs of Climate Change Impacts for India: A Preliminary Analysis

Climate change mitigation is a global challenge, however its impact will be varied across regions and temperature zones. Small island states will be hit the hardest with sea level rise. In bigger countries, India, owing to its large agricultural sector, vast population, rich biodiversity, long coastline, and high poverty levels is expected to be one of the most vulnerable countries. Also, India has pushed for inclusion of adaptation as a part of Intended Nationally Determined Contributions (INDC). For understanding adaptation requirements, we need to understand and value climate change impacts first. This short assessment tries to estimate the cost of global climate change mitigation inaction on India. We aim at estimating first order costs for loss in agriculture productivity, health impacts, and increased impact on increased power generation requirement with increasing temperatures.