Researchers from the Meghalaya Climate Change Centre (MCCC), under the Meghalaya Basin Development Authority, have conducted an assessment profiling a comprehensive climate vulnerability across the state’s 39 Community & Rural Development blocks.
The assessment has been published as a research article in Discover Sustainability, a journal by the Europe-based Springer Nature Group.
The assessment reveals vulnerability in 25 C&RD blocks in the very high (10) and high (15) categories, contributed by limited access to credit, low household incomes, inadequate public health infrastructure such as Anganwadi centres, and low forest resource availability besides other factors.
The 10 ‘very high’ climate vulnerable blocks are Ranikor, Mawthadraishan, Mairang, Mawryngkneng, Mawkynrew, Amlarem, Thadlaskein, Laskein and Saipung. At the other end of the spectrum, Betasing and Zikzak in South West Garo Hills and Mylliem in East Khasi Hills are in the ‘very low’ category of climate vulnerability.
The research article presents actionable analysis for policy makers, particularly those shaping climate resilience, rural development and socio-economic equity in Meghalaya as this analysis reveals local vulnerabilities that district-level studies often miss, enabling precise, location-specific adaptation and mitigation interventions.
The full length paper can be accessed from the link https://rdcu.be/ewn1cfor or https://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/s43621-025-01500-6.
