It is clear that the seventeen Sustainable Development Goals were adopted by world leaders at the United Nations General Assembly on 25 September 2015. However, euphoria has spread in rolling out these typically large number of goals as each goal has specific targets (there are 169 in all) that are to be achieved by 2030. In this context, ‘climate action’ and ‘zero hunger’ have been looked upon as enablers in meeting these goals among many others.

The book covers the contributions made in attaining SDG 13: Climate Action and SDG 2: Zero Hunger. The papers on SDG 13 covered wide array of topics on biodiversity, spatial and temporal variation of rainfall, water scarcity and livelihood, environmental sustainability practices, green accounting, Indian ocean rim warming , etc. While dealing with SDG 2, the papers dealt with evolvement of transgenic rice, shelf life improvement of minor millets, livestock improvement and climate change, quality improvement of oats. The papers, written by highly acclaimed authors in their own areas of research, aid in the nations’ efforts in complying with the issues of meeting these two SDGs by 2030. 

Practicing environmental managers, engineers, scientists, academicians and policy makers, research scholars, students and government officials will immensely benefit from the contributions made in this book. This volume will certainly add to the collection on the works in the area of SDGs. 

CONTRIBUTORS
R.K. Mishra
P.S. Janaki Krishna
CH Lakshmi Kumari
M. Maschendar Goud
R. Rejani
K.V. Rao
K.G.R. Prathyusha
J.V.N.S. Prasad
M. Osman
G.R. Chary
Puspanjali
Samuel Josily
V.U.M. Rao
Kalpana Markandey
B. Srinagesh
Janipella Shant
G.V. Abhinav Kumar
Swetha Chavali
Krishnaveni D.
Yasholatha R.
Ravi Chigurla
T. Srinath
M. Sunitha
T.P. Reddy
V.D. Reddy
K.V. Rao
Prabhat Kumar Pankaj
D.B.V. Ramana
G. Nirmala
R. Rejani
CH. Srinivasa Rao
Suman Mokenapalli
Mrudula Guggilla
Sri Srinivas Maloo
Vellanki Bhasker

Editors:
R.K. Mishra, Senior Professor, Director and ONGC Subir Raha Chair Professor at the Institute of Public Enterprise (IPE), Hyderabad, is a graduate of International Management Programme, SDA Bocconi, Milan, Italy. His current interests include: corporate social responsibility, corporate governance, modernisation of state, civil service systems, financial administration, environmental administration, privatisation, SOE reforms, restructuring, poverty management, and good governance. P.S. Janaki Krishna, an Associate Professor and Coordinator, Centre for Sustainable Development at Institute of Public Enterprise, Hyderabad. She has vast experience in research, teaching and technology transfer, and is experienced in dealing with various stakeholder organizations; she is also involved in technology monitoring and evaluation. She is one of the regular writers for an international news report “Information Systems for Biotechnology (ISB) News Report”, being published by Virginia Polytech and State University, USA, and a Member of ‘e-agriculture community’ of FAO. Dr Krishna has authored books and several papers in national and international journals. Ch. Lakshmi Kumari, an Assistant Professor in Economics at Institute of Public Enterprise, Hyderabad. She has been associated with the institution in various activities viz., teaching, training, research and consultancy assignments. Dr Kumari has worked for several projects at national and international level, and has published many reports. Her areas of interest include: Economics, privatisation strategies, restructuring and turnaround management issues, financial performance analysis, venture capital, environmental impact analysis, manpower rationalisation issues and recruitment process of manpower in companies.