Temperature resilience
Enhanced community and ecosystem resilience to temperature extremes through adaptive management practices.
Climate change adaptation
Building climate resilience through adaptation strategies and mitigation measures.
4+
Climate projects
2,00,000
Jatropha seedlings
86 t
Waste processed daily in Dindigul
20+
Years of climate action
Understanding
What climate change adaptation means
What is climate action?
Climate change adaptation and mitigation are two complementary approaches to addressing climate challenges — adaptation strategies that build resilience, and mitigation measures that reduce emissions.
Our approach integrates both adaptation and mitigation strategies to build resilient communities and ecosystems. We focus on implementing nature-based solutions, promoting sustainable practices, and building local capacity to respond to climate variability.
Our programs emphasize ecosystem restoration and sustainable development initiatives that reduce carbon footprints while enhancing community resilience to climate impacts. Our 26,93,250 trees planted across Tamil Nadu contribute significantly to climate change mitigation through carbon absorption — including 1,20,000 saplings planted in 2024–25 under a State Bank of India CSR sanction that explicitly targets SDG 13, Climate Action.
- Climate resilience
- Carbon sequestration
- Water management
- Smart agriculture
Why this work matters
The challenge on the ground — and our answer
The challenge
Rising heat, exposed communities
Rising temperatures and heat stress bear down on rural communities and the ecosystems they depend on.
Our response
Adaptation strategies that build resilience
With ATC Tyres, we delivered climate change adaptation in Manur Block, Tirunelveli and in Karur district — combining rainwater harvesting with farmer training, mushroom-production enterprise for 60 women, para-vet training for 7 rural youth and community health camps.
The challenge
Rainfall no longer follows the calendar
Changing precipitation patterns put water supplies for farms and villages under growing stress.
Our response
Water systems built to adapt
Desilted tanks, recharge shafts and 125 rooftop rainwater harvesting systems lifted the water table by 5–10 feet and expanded cultivable area by 30% in the ATC Tyres project villages, letting farmers move from one or two crops a year to three.
The challenge
Growing carbon footprints
Emissions and degraded ecosystems weaken the climate regulation that nature provides.
Our response
Sequester carbon at scale
Afforestation, reforestation and sustainable land management — 26,93,250 trees planted across Tamil Nadu absorb carbon as they grow, and 1,500 LED bulbs were distributed in the ATC Tyres project villages to cut household energy use.
The challenge
Urban waste piling up
Unmanaged solid waste undermines the environment and public health of growing towns like Dindigul.
Our response
Zero-waste city systems
Solid waste management delivered across the 12 operational divisions of Dindigul City Municipal Corporation — 400 sanitary workers, source segregation and 86 tonnes of waste handled daily — alongside a CSR partnership with Renault at Padappai.
At a glance
The essentials
- Active since
- 200420+ years of climate action
- Carbon sequestration
- 26,93,250 trees plantedAcross Tamil Nadu — including 1,20,000 saplings under the State Bank of India CSR programme in 2024–25
- Key partners
- ATC Tyres, DCMC & RenaultClimate adaptation in Manur Block and Karur; solid waste management in Dindigul and Padappai
- Project portfolio
- 4 climate projectsFrom biofuel training to climate adaptation and municipal waste systems, 2004–2025
- Most recent delivery
- Climate adaptation with ATC TyresRainwater harvesting, livelihood training and health camps in Manur Block, Tirunelveli and Karur district
- Delivery model
- Adaptation & mitigation combinedNature-based solutions with local capacity building
Track record
Project portfolio, 2004–2025
| Programme | Period | Type | Highlights | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Training on Jatropha curcas cultivation | 2004–2005 | Training programme | Nearly 2,00,000 seedlings · cultivation promoted on 500 hectares in Karur, Trichy, Tirunelveli and Sivagangai | Completed |
| Climate change adaptation — ATC Tyres | 2023–2024 | CSR partnership | Rainwater harvesting, 8,450 Palmyrah seeds, 125 rooftop RWH systems and health camps in Manur Block and Karur | Completed |
| Solid waste management (SWM) program (DCMC) | 2023–2025 | Municipal partnership | 12 operational divisions of Dindigul · 400 sanitary workers · 86 tonnes handled daily | Ongoing |
| Solid waste management program (CSR – Renault) | 2021–2024 | CSR partnership | Padappai and Urapakkam panchayats, Kanchipuram — composting machine, awareness campaigns and sanitary worker training | Completed |
Impact
What climate action changes
Carbon reduction
Significant carbon sequestration through forest restoration and sustainable land management initiatives.
Water security
Improved water security and management systems that adapt to changing precipitation patterns — the water table rose by 5–10 feet across the rainwater harvesting project villages of Manur Block.
Agricultural adaptation
Enhanced agricultural resilience through climate-smart practices and diversified farming systems.
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