Vulnerability assessment of people, livlihoods and ecosystems in the Ganga Basin

This summary document presents the analysis of a macro-level vulnerability assessment, based on secondary data, and has been used to identify highly vulnerable districts of the Ganga Basin for further assessment and implementation of pilot adaptation projects of the WWF-India Living Ganga Programme under the HSBC Climate Partnership.

The objective of the Climate Adaptation component is to assess the vulnerability of people, livelihoods and ecosystems with the purpose of identifying relevant adaptation response mechanisms, in a critical stretch of the Ganga Basin extending from Gangotri to Kanpur (India).