Publications

Peer-reviewed publications

  1. Kelkar U and Mitra A. 2019. Rethinking technology for a 1.5 °C world. In Kathuria R and Kukreja P (eds.) 20 Years of G20: From Global Cooperation to Building Consensus, Springer. pp. 143-155.
  2. Dubash N, Khosla R, Kelkar U and Lele S. 2018. India and climate change: Evolving ideas and increasing policy engagement. Annual Review of Environment and Resources 43: 395-424.
  3. Mishra A, Appadurai A N, Choudhury D, Regmi B, Kelkar U, Alam M, Chaudhary P, Mu S S, Ahmed A U, Lotia H, Fu C, Namgyel T and Sharma U. 2019. Adaptation to climate change: The urgency to strengthen climate change adaptation action in the Hindu Kush Himalayas. Springer Nature and International Centre for Integrated Mountain Development (ICIMOD). pp. 457-490.
  4. Varma N, Kelkar U, Bhardwaj S, Singh P and Mishra A. 2014. Climate change, disasters and development: Testing the waters for adaptive governance in India. Vision-Journal of Business Perspective. Special issue on governance and public policy 18(4): 327-338.
  5. Kelkar U, Balachandra P, and Gurtoo A. 2011. Assessing Indian cities for vulnerability to climate change. Proceedings of International Conference on Environmental Science and Development ICESD 2011, organised by Asia-Pacific Chemical, Biological & Environmental Engineering Society (APCBEES) and IEEE, Mumbai, 7-9 January 2011. pp. 246-250.
  6. Kelkar U, Narula K K, Sharma V P, and Chandna U. 2008. Vulnerability and adaptation to climate variability and water stress in Uttarakhand State, India. Global Environmental Change 18(4): 564-574.
  7. Acosta-Michlik L, Kelkar U, and Sharma U. 2008. A critical overview: Local evidence on vulnerabilities and adaptations to global environmental change in developing countries. Global Environmental Change 18(4): 539-542.
  8. Kelkar U, James C R, and Kumar R. 2007. The Indian insurance industry and climate change: exposure, opportunities, and strategies ahead. Climate Policy 6(6): 658-671.
  9. Bhandari P, Bhadwal S, and Kelkar U. 2007. Examining adaptation and mitigation opportunities in the context of the integrated watershed management programme of the Government of India. Mitigation and Adaptation Strategies for Global Change 12(5): 919-933.
  10. O'Brien K, Leichenko R, Kelkar U, Venema H, Aandahl G, Tompkins H, Javed A, Bhadwal S, Barg S, Nygaard L, West J. 2004. Mapping vulnerability to multiple stressors: Climate change and globalization in India. Global Environmental Change 14(4): 303-313.
  11. Scott M, Gupta S, Jáuregui E, Nwafor J, Satterthwaite D, Wanasinghe Y A D S, Wilbanks T, Yoshino M, and Kelkar U. 2001. Human settlements, energy and industry. Chapter 7 in Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) Third Assessment Report Working Group II: Impacts, Adaptation and Vulnerability. pp. 381-416.

Other publications

  1. Kelkar U. 2018. Big data is way hotter than you think. Live Mint. 3 Jan 2019.
  2. Kelkar U. 2018. The future of jobs in a low-carbon world. WRI India blog. 12 December 2018.
  3. Kelkar U, Bhar S and Badami M. 2016. Sustainable consumption and production in South Asian cities. Background paper for Urbanization and the Environment: Eighth Biennial Conference of the Indian Society for Ecological Economics (INSEE), Bengaluru, 4-6 January 2016.
  4. Kelkar U, Varma N, Gurtoo A and Balachandra P. 2015. Resilience of Indian cities to climate risks: exploring multiple dimensions and connecting diverse actors. Urban Resilience – Proceedings of the Colloquium, organised by Public Affairs Centre, Bengaluru, 27 September 2014. pp. 14-18.
  5. Varma N, Kelkar U and Bhardwaj S. 2014. Building capacity for adaptive governance through participatory modelling: rural and urban flooding in India. APN Science Bulletin 4: 167-169.
  6. Vedeld T, Aandahl G, Barkved L, Kelkar U, de Bruin K, and Lanjekar P. 2014. Drought in Jalna: Community-based adaptation to extreme climate events in Maharashtra. New Delhi: The Energy and Resources Institute (TERI). 45 pp.
  7. De Bruin K, Kelkar U, and Mohan D. 2014. Participatory assessment of adaptation and risk management options for the drought-prone drylands of Jalna District, Maharashtra, India. Final report on WP4: Extreme Risks, Vulnerabilities and Community-based Adaptation in India (EVA): A Pilot Study, CIENS-TERI, TERI Press, New Delhi, India. 114 pp.
  8. Kelkar U, Mohan D, and de Bruin K. 2014. Participatory assessment of adaptation options: climate change and extreme drought in Marathwada. EVA Policy Brief No. 3. New Delhi: The Energy and Resources Institute (TERI). 4 pp.
  9. Aandahl G and Kelkar U. 2014. Community based adaptation and differential vulnerability. EVA Policy Brief No. 2. New Delhi: The Energy and Resources Institute (TERI). 4 pp.
  10. Meenawat H, Kelkar U, and Gautam S K. 2014. Environmental governance in the context of sustainable development in India: the case of plateaus and hills. New Delhi: The Energy and Resources Institute (TERI) and Konrad Adenauer Stiftung.
  11. Varma N, Kelkar U, Bhardwaj S, Singh P and Mishra A. 2014. Towards adaptive governance of flood risks in India: Enabling shared vision. New Delhi: The Energy and Resources Institute (TERI). 3 pp.
  12. Kelkar U, Bose A, and Sud R. 2013. Adaptation financing: strategic options for Africa. TERI-ACPC Policy Brief 2013/3. New Delhi: The Energy and Resources Institute (TERI) and African Climate Policy Centre (ACPC). 19 pp.
  13. Kelkar U. 2013. Impacts of climate change on water quality in Karnataka. Bengaluru: TERI, UNICEF and RDPR, Government of Karnataka.
  14. Acosta-Michlik L, Liu C and Kelkar U. 2008. Differential vulnerability to climate change in Asia and challenges for adaptation within the Kyoto context. Chapter 30 in Grover V I (ed.) Global warming and climate change: Ten years after Kyoto and still counting (Volume 2). CRC Press. pp. 681-700.
  15. Kelkar U and Bhadwal S. 2007. South Asian regional study on climate change impacts and adaptation: implications for human development. Occasional Paper for Human Development Report 2007/08 Fighting climate change: Human solidarity in a divided world. New York: Human Development Report Office. 46 pp.
  16. Swanson D, Venema H D, Barg S, Tyler S, Drexhage J, Bhadwal S, Tomar S, Nair S and Kelkar U. 2007. Adaptive policies: meeting the policymakers challenge in today's complex, dynamic and uncertain world. Paper presented in CAIWA 2007 International Conference on Adaptive and Integrated Water Management: Coping with Complexity and Uncertainty, Basel, Switzerland, 14 November 2007. 18 pp.
  17. Kelkar U. 2006. The climate, development, and poverty nexus in Africa. In Thornton P K, Jones P G, Owiyo T M, Kruska R L, Herrero M, Kristjanson P, Notenbaert A, Bekele N and Omolo A. Mapping climate vulnerability and poverty in Africa. Report to the Department for International Development. Nairobi: International Livestock Research Institute (ILRI). pp. 168-177.
  18. Kelkar U. 2006. Adaptive policy case study: weather-indexed insurance for agriculture in India. Chapter 5 in IISD and TERI. Designing policies in a world of uncertainty, change, and surprise: Adaptive policy-making for agriculture and water resources in the face of climate change. Report to the International Development Research Centre (IDRC). International Institute for Sustainable Development (IISD), Winnipeg and The Energy and Resources Institute (TERI), New Delhi. pp. 55-68.
  19. Barg S, Bhandari P, Drexhage J, Kelkar U, Mitra S, Swanson D, Tyler S, and Venema H D. 2006. Introduction. Chapter 1 in IISD and TERI. Designing policies in a world of uncertainty, change, and surprise: Adaptive policy-making for agriculture and water resources in the face of climate change. Report to the International Development Research Centre (IDRC). International Institute for Sustainable Development (IISD), Winnipeg and The Energy and Resources Institute (TERI), New Delhi. pp. 3-8.
  20. Swanson D, Venema H D, Barg S, Tyler S, Drexhage J, Bhandari P and Kelkar U. 2006. Initial conceptual framework and literature review for understanding adaptive policies. Chapter 2 in IISD and TERI. Designing policies in a world of uncertainty, change, and surprise: Adaptive policy-making for agriculture and water resources in the face of climate change. Report to the International Development Research Centre (IDRC). International Institute for Sustainable Development (IISD), Winnipeg and The Energy and Resources Institute (TERI), New Delhi. pp. 11-35.
  21. Kelkar U. 2006. Indian agriculture: growth, sustainability, and vulnerability. Chapter 3 in IISD and TERI. Designing policies in a world of uncertainty, change, and surprise: Adaptive policy-making for agriculture and water resources in the face of climate change. Report to the International Development Research Centre (IDRC). International Institute for Sustainable Development (IISD), Winnipeg and The Energy and Resources Institute (TERI), New Delhi. pp. 39-51.
  22. Tyler S, Kelkar U, Barg S, Venema H D, Swanson D, Bhandari P, Drexhage J and Mitra S. 2006. Synthesis and conclusions. Chapter 9 in ISD and TERI. Designing policies in a world of uncertainty, change, and surprise: Adaptive policy-making for agriculture and water resources in the face of climate change. Report to the International Development Research Centre (IDRC). International Institute for Sustainable Development (IISD), Winnipeg and The Energy and Resources Institute (TERI), New Delhi. pp. 153-170.
  23. Kelkar U. 2006. Climate change, Kyoto Protocol, and the clean development mechanism. In Jacob J and Mathew N M (ed.). Kyoto Protocol and the rubber industry. Kottayam: Rubber Research Institute of India, Rubber Board (Ministry of Commerce, Government of India). pp. 1-22.
  24. Kelkar U. 2005. The palimpsest of adaptation research: An overview of concepts and frameworks. Policy brief prepared on the occasion of COP-11. New Delhi: TERI Press. 12 pp.
  25. Bhadwal S, Singhal S, Krishnan R and Kelkar U. 2004. Global environmental change: variation in impacts across regions and within populations. IHDP Update: Newsletter of the International Human Dimensions Programme on Global Environmental Change. 1/2004: 11-12.
  26. Kelkar U. 2003. Poverty and vulnerability: linking environmental and socio-economic dimensions of adaptation. In TERI. 2003. Environmental threats, vulnerability, and adaptation: Case studies from India. New Delhi: The Energy and Resources Institute (TERI). pp. 19-27.
  27. Bhadwal S, Javed A and Kelkar U. 2003. GIS application in mapping vulnerability to multiple stressors for the agricultural sector in India. In TERI. 2003. Environmental threats, vulnerability, and adaptation: Case studies from India. New Delhi: The Energy and Resources Institute (TERI). pp. 41-49.
  28. Bhadwal S, Bhandari P, Javed A, Kelkar U, O'Brien K, and Barg S. 2003. Coping with global change: vulnerability and adaptation in Indian agriculture. New Delhi: The Energy and Resources Institute (TERI). 26 pp.
  29. Kelkar U, Bhujanga Rao D D, Bhadwal S, Girisha G K, and Javed A. 2003. Climate change and economic changes in India: The impacts on agriculture. In Dash S K and Rao P (eds.). 2003. Assessment of climate change in India and mitigation policies. New Delhi: WWF-India. pp. 52-61.
  30. O'Brien K, Leichenko R, Kelkar U, Venema H, Aandahl G, Tompkins H, Javed A, Bhadwal S, Barg S, Nygaard L, West J. 2003. Vulnerability of Indian agriculture to climate change and economic change. In IUCN. 2003. Mainstreaming biodiversity and climate change: Proceedings of the Asia Regional Workshop, 6-11 April 2003, Dehradun, India.
  31. Gupta J, van Asselt H D, Weber D, Haxeltine A, la Rovere E L, Kelkar U, Bhandari P, Sokona Y, and Berk M. 2003. Helping operationalise article two (HOT): Report of phase 1 of a science-based-policy dialogue on fair and effective ways to avoid dangerous interference with the climate system and implications for Post-Kyoto policies. Report number W-03/26. IVM Institute for Environmental Studies, Vrije Universiteit, The Netherlands. 80 pp.