"Monitor extreme weather patterns, critical pasture degradation, and livestock health in the high-altitude plains. Anticipate raw material scarcity before it impacts supply."
Monitor climate and environmental pressures affecting the Kashmir craft economy from raw-material source to artisan production. The assessment tracks long-term warming, rainfall variability, snow and meltwater conditions, high-altitude Pashmina systems, climate-sensitive natural materials, and extreme-weather disruptions that can alter material availability, production cycles, quality, cost, and supply continuity.
Kashmir Valley, 1980–2020
J&K · 2025 Monsoon
Indus Basin · 2024–25 Season
Changthang, Ladakh → Kashmir Pashmina value chain.
Shows why the supply system is vulnerable, an internationally important craft relying on a remarkably small, geographically concentrated raw-material base.
Winter exposure affecting Changthangi goat survival.
Udhampur · 24h · August 2025
Record-scale August 2025 rainfall triggered landslides along the transport system.
Willow, walnut and other biological materials respond to water and climate conditions
Wicker baseline 768 kg/kanal (Ganderbal). Tracking cultivation. Water-intensive biological systems without an assigned risk severity until direct climate causality is proven.
CRVAS qualitative exposure assessment. Ratings represent relative sensitivity pathways derived from documented material, ecological and production dependencies; they are not measured incidence rates.
| Craft / Material | Heat | Rainfall | Snow/Pasture | Humidity | Water Avail. | Extreme Evt. |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Pashmina | M | L | C | L | M | H |
| Papier-mâché | H | M | L | H | L | M |
| Walnut Wood | M | M | L | H | L | L |
| Wicker Willow | M | M | L | L | C | H |
| Carpet & Shawl | L | L | L | H | H | M |
| Natural Dyes | H | H | L | L | H | M |
