IPCC 2010 Assessment ReportWHY this Project ++ ?

• Compared to last century the world temperature has already increased by 0.7 C & in Polars, it is 5 Deg C

• Global Sea levels are rising by 3.1 mm already and seas are swelling due to warm water expansion

• Arctic Summer Sea Ice will disappear by 2080

• India has nearly 7000 km of beautiful sea coasts

• Nearly 20 % of India’s people live there from time immemorial

The Climate Change Impact :

• Disappearance of the worlds first inhabited Island

•Remote, that only satellite monitoring

showed disappearance

7000 people lived in this island,

evacuated to near by Islands

LohacharaIslands

20 % of India Population

Lokachara Flooded

Some of the firstClimate Change Refugees

Church

School

Temple

Living Homes

India’s Vulnerability to Climate Change – Sea Level Rising ???

Source : GFZ German Research Centre for Geological Science, Oct 2010

Design and Launch of CCT-CCS Tech Cluster

Conference

User Studies 3 Nos

Capacity Leverage Programmes200 persons

Learning Tours10 persons

Internships3 persons

Demonstration & Deployment by BHEL

2 projects

Incubating Clean Tech Ventures

4 ventures

Hub

Cluster reach-outKnowledge Exchange International Network

Documentation and DisseminationProject Report / Concept CD / Media Advertisements