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Recently, the Department of Science and Technology (DST) released a report titled ‘Climate Vulnerability Assessment for Adaptation Planning in India Using a Common Framework’.
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- The report identifies the most vulnerable states and districts in India with respect to current climate risk and key drivers of vulnerability.
- It uses a common framework across the states & union territory to make them comparable thereby empowering the decision-making capabilities at the policy and administrative levels.
- Key Indicators used for the assessment include:
- Biophysical aspects: Yield variability of food grains, area under rainfed agriculture, forest area per 1000 rural population, incidences of vector-borne diseases and water-borne diseases.
- Institution and infrastructure: Area covered under centrally funded crop insurance schemes (such as Pradhan Mantri Fasal Bima Yojna (PMFBY) and Revised Weather-based Crop Insurance Scheme (RWBCIS), implementation of Mahatma Gandhi National Rural Employment Guarantee Act (MGNREGA).
- Socio-economic features and livelihood status: Percentage of population living below the poverty line (BPL), income share from natural resources, women’s participation in the workforce.
- Major Findings of Report
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Categories |
States |
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Highly vulnerable states |
Jharkhand, Mizoram, Orissa, Chhattisgarh, Assam, Bihar, Arunachal Pradesh, and West Bengal
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Highly vulnerable districts |
Among all states, Assam, Bihar, and Jharkhand have over 60% districts |
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Lower-middle vulnerable states |
Himachal Pradesh, Telangana, Sikkim and Punjab |
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states with low vulnerability. |
Uttarakhand, Haryana, Tamil Nadu, Kerala, Nagaland, Goa and Maharashtra. |
- Significance of Findings
- The assessment will help policy-makers in initiating appropriate climate actions. It will also benefit climate-vulnerable communities across India through the development of better-designed climate change adaptation projects.
- It will support the implementation and the potential revisions of the State Action Plans on Climate Change.
- It can be used for India”s reporting on the Nationally Determined Contributions under the Paris Agreement. And finally, these assessments will support India”s National Action Plan on Climate Change.
- NDCs embody efforts by each country to reduce national emissions and adapt to the impacts of climate change.
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India’s Effort to Address Climate Change The Government of India has launched eight Missions under the National Action Plan on Climate Change (NAPCC) for assessment of the impact and actions required to address climate change. The eight missions are
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Other Developments
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