Public policy initiative and shifting paradigm of Governance in the context of climatic change: experience from Karnataka state, India

Climate change has become a major concern of large number of countries including different regions for the past couple of years with the shifting paradigm of development, and commodification of nature. West tries to blame the developing world, the south is equally blaming the west. The concern has grown out of the fear that climate change would affect community life, social structure and agrarian economy including identities of large number of communities. Many of the countries have not prepared themselves for climate change. However exception is Karnataka, a region in India which has prepared with documenting the possible effects of climate change on different regions. In fact climate change requires new form of governance - governance which is receptive, responsive and adaptive