Abstract :
— Census 2011, states that 68.8 percent of rural
population in India depends on climate susceptible sectors
for their survival. India is one of the vulnerable country in
the world exposed to climate-related disasters as 65 percent
of India is drought prone, 12 percent flood prone, and 8
percent sensitive to cyclones. As a result, Climate Change
is likely to challenge the livelihoods and causing damage to
the natural resources. With this backdrop, this paper
attempts to analyze with support of ICT, how it specifically
help the rural life of the people in the study area to take
appropriate decisions when there is poor awareness on the
importance of sustainable natural resources time of climate
change can be helpful for the poor to use ICT for their own
needs at the time of degradation of natural resources rather
than receiving information in the form of messages from
government/NGOs? The study area is a suburb to Chennai,
Ambatur Taluk (village) in Thirvallur district in the state of
Tamil Nadu. This particular village population engaged in
both the agricultural sector and in the allied activities.
Based on the empirical evidence it is identified that rural
people aware of the information related to weather and the
use of ICT will help to identify their needs for their
sustainable livelihood during climate change.
Keyword :
Information and Communication Technology (ICT), Climate Change, Weather.