• LEKHA CHANDRAN

India’s fishery sector is endowed with wide variety of marine resources which sustain large fisheries dependent sectors and livelihood of a large number of populations. India has a coastline of 8118 km with a vast variety of resources and an exclusive economic zone. 21st century an era of climate change; in the era of climate change most vulnerable section of the society is fisher folk. There is growing evidence that in the perception fisher folk community, climate change has been influencing the viability of fishing operations. Climate change need to be understood as adding a new dimension to the crisis already faced in the fishery sector. It is also quite clear that while climate change is a global process it is aggravated by local process and practices. This paper highlights the key areas relating to climate change that have an impact upon the lives and livelihood of fisher folk which adversely affect the sustainability of coastal livelihood in general. This paper in particularly quoting the consequences and threats happened to the Kerala coast from Ockhi Cyclone. Cyclone Ockhi was the ninth strongest depression and third strongest storm of the 2017 north Indian Ocean cyclone season. It was the most intense tropical cyclone in the Arabian since cyclone Megh in 2015.

Climate change, sustainable livelihood, tropical cyclones, cyclone Ockhi, etc.

"CLIMATE CHANGE AND SUSTAINABLE LIVELIHOOD: LESSONS FROM CYCLONE OCKHI ON THE COAST OF KERALA", International Journal of Emerging Technologies and Innovative Research (www.jetir.org), ISSN:2349-5162, Vol.6, Issue 5, page no.831-835, May-2019, Available :http://www.jetir.org/papers/JETIRBP06144.pdf

"CLIMATE CHANGE AND SUSTAINABLE LIVELIHOOD: LESSONS FROM CYCLONE OCKHI ON THE COAST OF KERALA", International Journal of Emerging Technologies and Innovative Research (www.jetir.org | UGC and issn Approved), ISSN:2349-5162, Vol.6, Issue 5, page no. pp831-835, May-2019, Available at : http://www.jetir.org/papers/JETIRBP06144.pdf