Centre yet to give shape to Tamil Nadu plan on climate change
Under the final draft report, the state has planned a slew of climate change mitigation and adaptation projects.
Chennai: Though the Union Ministry of Environment, Forest and Climate Change (MoEFCC) has approved the Tamil Nadu State Plan on Climate Change (TNSAPCC) at the National Steering Committee on Climate Change held in New Delhi on March 31, the Centre is yet to release funds to set the ball rolling.
Under the final draft report, the state has planned a slew of climate change mitigation and adaptation projects. The plan document was prepared by the state Department of Environment (DoE). The State has grand plans for seven key sectors, including sustainable agriculture; water resources; forests and biodiversity; coastal area management; energy efficiency, renewable energy and solar mission; sustainable habitat and knowledge management.
The document says the financing of the TNSAPCC can be directly taken from the existing programmes in the State and from national missions under NAPCC, programmes of the CSIR, ICAR, DST and from the budgetary provisions for climate change of bilateral and multilateral agencies such as the Department of International Development (DFID), Asian Development Bank (ADB) and the World Bank. Further, the State can also access finance from the adaptation fund, NABARD being the designated agency for managing this fund in India.
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