- Yumnam Shila Devi, Dr.Nilanjana Saha
Abstract
This article focused on India’s first Carbon Positive Eco Model Village, Phayeng, Manipur, India, and utilized Ecosystem-based Adaptation (EbA) as the theoretical lens. A combination of institutional analysis, review of climate change policies, and environmental secondary data were used in evaluating forest restoration, sustainable farming, and renewable energy from decentralized sources in both reducing emissions and sequestering carbon simultaneously. The results show that carbon positivity in the village is not a technical result of the intervention; it is part of an advanced EbA model that is combined with hybrid governance to link community-based stewardship practices with state-level climate funding. The study also enhances the overall climate change conversation by redefining rural carbon positivity as a governance-driven, socioecological result rather than a simply proposed carbon footprint measurement.
Keywords: phayeng, ecosystem-based adaptation, climate change policies, hybrid governance, carbon footprint