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According to the Times of India, twenty-nine villages in Sangamner and Akole taluka in Ahmednagar district have taken up various integrated developmental activities to adapt themselves to climate change. "The programme emphasises innovative and people-centred strategies and action. The activities taken up include downscaling of assessment of climate change impact, weather-based scientific advisories for enhancing agricultural production, biodiversity conservation, promotion of new financial instruments, especially weather-linked insurance, carbon-neutral communities and disaster risk reduction with effective governance mechanisms," said Sushil Bajpai, director of the non-governmental organisation Watershed Organisation Trust (WOTR).