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Resilience, Mitigation and Adaptation Strategies to Combat Climate Change for a Sustainable Future

Salam Himika Devi & Jenny Salam · International Journal of Environment and Climate Change · 2025

This review delves into climate change resilience and brings forth climate change mitigation strategies and adaptation mechanisms for a sustainable future. Climate change is an unprecedented major global threat. It is an unavoidable phenomenon attributed largely to increased atmo...

Open access Research Article 10.9734/ijecc/2025/v15i44822

Gender Perspectives on Climate Change: A Perceptual Analysis of Agricultural Activities among Farmers in India

Neha Pandey, S R Singh, Krishna D K, Sudhanand Prasad Lal & D R Singh · International Journal of Environment and Climate Change · 2025

This paper includes a household survey of 240 households from purposively selected 4 districts of Bihar to understand the region and gender specific adaptation strategies of farmers. The result suggests that majority of the men farmers agreed to the statement that climate change...

Open access Research Article 10.9734/ijecc/2025/v15i44818

A Review on Organic Fish Farming and Its Future Prospects

Surbhi Sahu, S K Mahajan, Sona Dubey, Poonam Shakya, Akshay Garg & R P Singh · International Journal of Environment and Climate Change · 2025

Conversion to organic aquaculture is a process of developing farming practices that encourage and maintain a viable and sustainable aquatic ecosystem. The time between the start of organic management and certification of the production is known as the conversion period. Aquacultu...

Open access Research Article 10.9734/ijecc/2025/v15i44819

A Comprehensive Review of Polyethylene and Biodegradable Plastic Mulch Films: Impacts on Soil Health and Plant Growth

Saveri Renumala, Gritta Elizabeth Jolly, Maninder Singh, Gandham Aishwarya Udaya Sri & Harshavardhan Rao Sulluru · International Journal of Environment and Climate Change · 2025

Mulching is an agricultural and horticultural practice that involves covering the soil surface with a protective layer of material to improve soil health, conserve moisture, regulate temperature, and suppress weeds. Mulches can be organic or inorganic, each offering distinct bene...

Open access Research Article 10.9734/ijecc/2025/v15i44817

Influence of Integrated Nitrogen and Weed Management Practices on Crop-weed Competition and Nutrient Depletion in Direct Seeded Rice

Shiv Poojan Yadav, U. P. Singh, Harsita Nayak, Sadhana Kumari & Tikendra Kumar Yadav · International Journal of Environment and Climate Change · 2025

A trial was conducted during 2019-20 and 2020-21 at BHU, Varanasi, to study the effect of integrated nitrogen and weed management on weeds in dry direct seeded rice. The main plot treatments consisted of four nitrogen management practices viz. Control (only P and K), RDF (100% RD...

Open access Research Article 10.9734/ijecc/2025/v15i44814

Evaluation of Trench Cum Bund (TcB) as Soil and Water Conservation Measure for Black Cotton Soils in Tribal Watersheds: A Case Study

Purnima Mishra, K. Venkata Laxmi, R.R. Babu, B. Rajasekar, T. Navya Swetha & R. Nagarjun Kumar · International Journal of Environment and Climate Change · 2025

Trench cum Bund (TcB) is taken up as in-situ soil and water conservation measure as a part of watershed development projects to addresses challenges of soil erosion, waterlogging, and drought/dry spells in medium to deep black soil zone of erstwhile Adilabad district of Telangana...

Open access Research Article 10.9734/ijecc/2025/v15i44815

Ecosystem Valuation and Carbon Metrics: Strategic Tools for Climate Action and Policy Making

Arizo Jan, Tasaduq H. Shah, Farooz A. Bhat, Adnan Abubakr, Sabina I. Darve, Syed Talia, Hudisa Bano & Mir Iqra Farooq · International Journal of Environment and Climate Change · 2025

This review paper critically evaluates the role of ecosystem valuation and carbon metrics as tools for driving ecological sustainability in economic and policy decision-making. Based on a state-of-the-art synthesis of peer-reviewed articles, policy documents, and valuation databa...

Open access Research Article 10.9734/ijecc/2025/v15i44816

Optimizing Land Configuration and Seed Rate for Enhanced Productivity of Indian Mustard (Brassica juncea L.) in Semi-arid Regions

Satyajeet, Navish Kumar, Jitender Kumar, Mehak Nagora, Amarjeet Nibhoria & Dhram Prakash · International Journal of Environment and Climate Change · 2025

Indian mustard (Brassica juncea L.) is a vital oilseed crop in semi-arid regions, where water scarcity and suboptimal agronomic practices limit productivity. A two-year (2022–24) study assessed 15 treatment combinations in a factorial randomized block design, testing five land co...

Open access Research Article 10.9734/ijecc/2025/v15i44813

Effect of Lethal and Sub-lethal Concentrations of Heavy Metal (Zinc) on Opercular Beat Frequency (OBF) in Cyprinus carpio var. communis

Nafath ul Arab, Adnan Abubakr, Farooz Ahmad Bhat, Feroz Ahmad Shah, Monisa Malik, Bilal Ahmad Bhat, IMTIYAZ QAYOOM, Asim Iqbal Bazaz & Snowber Mir · International Journal of Environment and Climate Change · 2025

In the present investigation, the acute and sublethal toxicity of a grey list heavy metal (Zinc) on the juvenile of Common carp (Cyprinus carpio) was evaluated to determine its effect on the Opercular beat frequency (OBF) under laboratory conditions. The fish was exposed to varyi...

Open access Research Article 10.9734/ijecc/2025/v15i44812

Uptake of Heavy Metals (Cadmium, Lead, Chromium and Copper) from Paint-based Effluent Using Azolla mycrophylla (Azolla) and Eicchornia crassipies (Water Hyacinth)

Ajanya, J.I., Ogunlade-Anibasa, G. O., Ejeikwu, E.O & Malann, Y.D. · International Journal of Environment and Climate Change · 2025

Heavy metals are a major risk to life in general that requires urgent attention when found in any environment. The use of plants specifically aquatic macrophytes in the uptake and accumulation of these toxic elements may proffer a more advantageous and economically doable approac...

Open access Research Article 10.9734/ijecc/2025/v15i44811

Effect of Planting Dates and Weather-Dependent Methods on Incidence of Rice Yellow Stem Borer (Scirpophaga incertulas Walker) and Leaf Folder (Cnaphalocrocis medinalis Guenee) in Bihar, India

Mohammad Abbas Ahmad, Deepak Kumar Mahanta, Rishu Babu, Rajesh Kumar Ranjan, Nilanjaya, Vipin Kumar & Parikshit Uchai · International Journal of Environment and Climate Change · 2025

The incidence of rice pests like the rice yellow stem borer (Scirpophaga incertulas Walker) and the rice leaf folder (Cnaphalocrocis medinalis Guenee) can be influenced by a variety of factors, including planting dates, planting methods, and weather parameters. The present invest...

Open access Research Article 10.9734/ijecc/2025/v15i44807

Assessing the Impacts of Land Use Land Cover Changes and Rainfall Trends in the Ken River Basin, India

Ankush V. Lal, R. K. Pandey, Akash Pal, Shakti Suryavanshi & Mukesh Kumar · International Journal of Environment and Climate Change · 2025

The aim of this research was to assess the Land Use Land Cover (LULC) changes and predict the historical and future trends in rainfall for the Ken River Basin in India. The study used Landsat imagery of 2006 and 2022 to categorize LULC into six classes: Agriculture, Forest, Open...

Open access Research Article 10.9734/ijecc/2025/v15i44808

Towards Resilience: A Comprehensive Risk Assessment of Natural Hazards in Uttarakhand, India

Piyoosh Rautela, Deepshikha Rawat Bhatt, Meenakshi Bist & Kumar Raushan · International Journal of Environment and Climate Change · 2025

In the previous decade the Himalayan state of Uttarakhand in India, though located in Seismic Gap of 1905 and 1934 earthquakes, has been spared by major seismic events. The state has however witnessed a number of other major hazards that include 2013 Mandakini – Alaknanda floods...

Open access Research Article 10.9734/ijecc/2025/v15i44809

Assessment of Climatic Variables for the Mahi River Basin in Western India

Ankit Patel, T. Thomas, R. M. Singh, Vijay Shankar Yadav, Deepak Kumar & Archana Kaushal · International Journal of Environment and Climate Change · 2025

One of the major problems that humanity is currently facing is climate change, whose effects can be seen everywhere in the world. Climate change is a result of both natural and manmade factors. These alterations have been more pronounced since the start of the industrial revoluti...

Open access Research Article 10.9734/ijecc/2025/v15i44810

Soil Organic Carbon Stock in Various Block Plantation Systems: A Case Study from Navsari, South Gujarat, India

BHALAWE S, NAYAK D, BEHERA L.K., CHAUDHARY, A D, PANDRE, B P & AHIRWAR, R · International Journal of Environment and Climate Change · 2025

The study was carried out to assessment the concentration and stock of soil organic carbon (SOC) across nine different types of block plantation systems with randomized block design in three replication in South Gujarat, India. Soil samples at different depths (0–10, 10–20 and 20...

Open access Research Article 10.9734/ijecc/2025/v15i44806