This project seeks to demonstrate to local policy-makers ways to estimate climate change damage costs (both ‘how much' and ‘on whom') and deciding on the kind of investments to be made for different adaptation measures. This information has not been estimated at a district and sub-district level in India. Decision-makers, therefore, are in no position to make informed decisions on incorporating adaptation measures in resource management planning and minimise any negative climate change impacts. Once their interest and capacity are built on this aspect, coupled with other complementary projects, climate change adaptation will be mainstreamed in the developmental planning process. The project will also build the capacity of development practitioners and scientists in Development Alternatives (DA), the prime non-governmental organisation involved in designing and implementing the natural, resource-based sustainable livelihood projects in the Bundelkhand region. This will lead to improved decision-making processes, better alignment with existing government programmes, field-level inputs to processes such as the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC), and the enrichment of the work of other bodies in the region, such as the United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP), via their Environmental Outlook publication.