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"Cities are increasingly recognized as the fulcrum for promoting climate-friendly policies and the transition to a carbon-neutral economy. Low carbon urbanism has become the dominant paradigm for urban theory and practice and has inspired a host of new research and development approaches in urban policies across the world."--

Foreword Francesco La Camera, Director-General, International Renewable Energy Agency (IRENA) -- PART I INTRODUCTION -- Introduction -- PART II WHAT DO WE MEAN BY ZERO-CARBON -- What we talk about when we talk about low carbon -- No need for a level playing field in a zero carbon energy system -- Chapter on the gap between where we are and the zero carbon targets -- PART III DIFFERENT DISCIPLINES, DIFFERENT VISIONS? THE ROLE OF ACADEMIA -- Low carbon transitions: What's politics got to do with it? -- Connecting to a Low carbon Future: The role of the Arts and Humanities -- Literature and zero carbon -- Economics and zero carbon -- Reporting a liquid world: Researching and practicing journalism in the Anthropocene -- Filmic narratives framing low carbon energy transition: An Irish survey -- Orkney electron poetics -- Law and zero carbon -- Politics and zero carbon -- Public talk about low carbon transition: How the Irish press shape ways of talking about carbon reduction activity -- Identifying the potential of community environmental art for low carbon futures -- PART IV INSIGHTS FROM THE OTHER SIDE: FOSSIL FUEL ACTORS -- In pursuit of a net zero economy: How can the fossil fuel industry overcome the challenges to achieve deep decarbonisation -- BP.

This study proposes a novel index to evaluate agricultural vulnerability to climate change in coastal areas, using the case of Andhra Pradesh, the state with the second longest coastline in India. Field data was collected from more than 1000 farmers (involved in over 50 varieties of crops) in 22 riverine and coastal case study areas. Data was collected through site visits, surveys and five workshops conducted between November 2018 and June 2019. Based on the collected data sets, a new Agricultural Coastal Vulnerability Index (AGCVI) was developed and applied to the 22 sites located in two districts (Krishna and Guntur) of Coastal Andhra Pradesh. The analysis revealed that the areas with three crop seasons (Kharif, Rabi and Zaid) per year are highly vulnerable to climate change. On the other hand, sites with one crop season (Kharif) per annum are the least vulnerable to climate change. Moreover, grains (particularly rice), flowers and fruit crops are more susceptible to climate change and its induced impacts. Rice is no longer a profitable crop in the case study areas partly as a result of unfavourable weather conditions, inadequate insurance provision and lack of government support for farmers. Cumulatively, all these circumstances impact farmers' incomes and socio-cultural practices: this is leading to a marriage crisis, with a reduction in the desirability of matrimony to farmers. These findings provide valuable information that can support climate and agriculture policies, as well as sustainable cropping patterns among farmers' communities in coastal areas of India in the future.

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