Impact of Climate Changes on Rural Livelihoods and Re-Orienting The Situation Through Human Resources Towards A Sustainable Society

Abstract

Climate changes have intense impact on the natural resources, economic activities, food security, health and quality of life. The rural livelihoods are threatened by frequent climate changes because the rural people depend on natural resources. The natural-resource based rural livelihoods are likely to bear an inconsistent burden of the different impacts of climate changes.If the rural livelihoods are not protected from the effect of climate changes, the social and economic balances cannot possible.The livelihoods play major role for social and economic balances, but the frequent climate changes force them to take contrary decision. The rural livelihoods are migrating to other suitable places to persist their family life. Re-orienting the “Human Being” into “Human Resources” towards “Sustainable Society” is the effective initiative for safeguarding rural livelihoods and ensures sustainable development. Sustainable society is one that can avoid the critical dynamism and protect from the negative impact of repeated climate changes so that civilization can continue its long journey towards perfection. The research work was related to the ill effect of climate changes but the right initiatives with re-orienting the situation through human resources towards a sustainable society can solve the problems. Industries are establishing in rural areas by converting the land which results the rural livelihoods like farmers, agricultural laborers, fishermen, land owners, small traders, toilers, travelers etc. reducing from generation to generation. Although Central Government introduced some rural development schemes which are not reaching to the root level because of lack of direction to human resources. This paper unfolded the impact of climate changes on rural livelihoods and re-orienting the situation through human resources towards a sustainable society and suggested the ways of transforming the human being into human resources to take initiative for sustainable development. The study is empirical in nature and is based on collection of both quantitative and qualitative data through stratified random sample and selected 200 respondents belonging to both urban and rural society. The results of the research study were indicated the impacts of climate changes on rural livelihoods like droughts, floods, global warming, destroy crops and food production and causes disease and sometimes death. The urban people with the support of local government and NGO’s can take more initiative for conducting training programme, awareness camp related to the applicability of disaster management and rehabilitation process against the negative impacts of climate changes.