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INDIA @ COP 22
Creating Enabling Conditions for State Level Actions on Climate
Change in India Under National Missions by DST
Dr. Nisha Mendiratta
Director & Associate Head(SPLICE), DST
Strategic Programmes, Large Initiatives and Coordinated Action Enabler(SPLICE) &
Climate Change Programme (CCP)
Department of Science & Technology(DST), GOI, New Delhi, India
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Presentation Outline
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Climate Change and sectoral impact
National Missions for Climate Change
DST’s Initiative for Capacity Building
SAPCC & State Climate Change Cells
Other Activities
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Addressing climate change
Global Climate Change: change in mean global temperature,
changes in regional temperature, rainfall, pressure, circulation,
etc.
Mitigation:
reduce
emissions,
reducing
magnitude of
CC
Greenhouse gas
emissions
Climate change
impacts
Adaptation:
reduce
vulnerability
to CC
impacts,
reduce losses
Adaptation and mitigation are complementary strategies
• A challenge for policy makers:
– How to adapt to climate change (Adaptation)
– How to make a transition to a low carbon growth path (Mitigation)
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India’s Response to Climate Change
• Intended Nationally Determined Contributions (INDCs)
• Low Carbon Strategy for 12th Five Year Plan
• Network-based scientific programme “Indian Network of Climate
Change Assessment” (INCCA), 2009
• Strengthening collaborations (national and regional; multilateral and
bilateral)
• National Action Plan on Climate Change (NAPCC), 2008
• State Action Plan on Climate Change (SAPCC)
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National Action Plan for Climate Change
• The National Action Plan for Climate Change (NAPCC) lays the pathway
for a directional shift in India’s response to climate change. It houses
eight core missions on the basis of which a low-carbon Indian economy
is being built.
• Implementation: Ministries with lead responsibility for each of the
missions report to the Prime Minister's Council on Climate Change. The
Council is also responsible for periodically reviewing and reporting on
each mission's progress.
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Eight National Missions on Climate Change
• Of the total of eight missions under NAPCC, two were assigned to the
Ministry of Science and Technology. They are – National Mission on Strategic Knowledge for Climate
Change(NMSKCC)
– National Mission for Sustaining the Himalayan Eco-system(NMSHE)
• Both call for such mission mode actions that build, strengthen and
sustain national S&T capacities to sustain an ecosystem and self-learn
for developing strategic knowledge.
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The National Mission on Sustaining Himalayan
Ecosystem (NMSHE)
NMSHE aims to:
• Understand scientifically the complex processes affecting this
ecosystem
• Evolve suitable management and policy measures for sustaining and
safeguarding the Himalayan ecosystem including Himalayan glaciers
• Work with the states in the Indian Himalayan region/states in the
implementation of scientifically derived policy measures.
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National Mission for Strategic Knowledge for Climate
Change (NMSKCC)
NMSKCC aims to:
• Build a dynamic knowledge system that would inform and support
national policy and action in addressing the climate change challenges
while not compromising on the nation’s growth goals.
• S&T Innovations for climate change responses for adaptation and
mitigation of climate change
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State Action Plan on Climate Change (SAPCC)
Assessment of climate scenarios and impacts on various sectors along
with community knowledge and experiences
1. Provides Baseline Assessment
2. Listing of Priority Sectors
3. Adaptation Actions
4. Implementation and Capacity Building needs
5. Monitoring & Evaluation
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Creating Capacities As Per SAPCC: NMSHE and NMSKCC
Creating enabling environment requires:
• States specific Climate change assessment study based on new science/climate
models using a Common Framework
• Prioritization of adaptation actions in SAPCCs
• Comprehensive capacity building programme to strengthen capacities in the State
departments and institutions
• Funding for adaptation actions is one of the key needs identified by the States
• Establishing/strengthening platforms for dialogues between Scientists,
Practitioners & Policy Makers
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Understanding the needs and synergies with NMSHE
e.g. Capacity building is one of the priorities at the State level
Key: Explicit articulation
Implicit articulation
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Setting up of State Climate Change Knowledge Cells (SCCC)
Centres/Cells
• As part of overall strategy and deliverables of both the
missions coordinated by DST, Both the Missions engage
with the States and intend to contribute in the
development of science backed developmental planning
to minimize risks due to climate change with the
Involvement and commitment of States
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Objectives of State CC Cells
These State CC Cells are expected to carry out several activities that connect
their State Action Plans on CC with NMSKCC and NMSHE priorities of action.
These include:
• Vulnerability & risk assessment at district & sub-district levels in accordance with a
standard national framework;
• Institutional Capacity building and R&D for data base/ Information generation as per
the requirements of state and national action plan on climate change.
• Human capacity Building programmes;
• Public awareness programmes and
DST provides guidelines for carrying out these activities.
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State CC Cells Established by DST
DST has created Knowledge CC Centres in 17 States/UTs so far
• 9 Himalayan States (J&K, HP, Uttarakhand, Sikkim, Manipur, Meghalaya,
Mizoram, Tripura ,West Bengal)
• 8 Non-Himalayan States/UTs (Madhya Pradesh, Punjab, Chattisgarh,
Karnataka, Kerala, Pondicherry, Tamil Nadu and Telangana).
This initiative is being taken in consultation with the Ministry of Environment,
Forests & Climate Change (MoEF &CC).
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New Proposed SCCC
• Arunachal Pradesh
• Assam
• Gujarat
• Maharashtra
• Orissa
Covering 22 States/UT (29/7 UTs)
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NMSHE- Nodal State Departments for CC Cells
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Dept. Of Environment, Ecology and remote Sensing, J&K
Department of Environment, Science and Technology, Himachal Pradesh
State Climate Change Cell, Sikkim State Council of Science & Technology, Sikkim
Mizoram Council of Science, Technology and Environment Planning, Mizoram
Directorate of Environment, Dept. of Forests and Environment, Manipur
Dept. of Science, technology and Environment, Government of Tripura
Meghalaya Basin Development Authority (MBDA), Forest and Environment
Department, Meghalaya
8. Department of Forests, Uttarakhand
9. Nagaland Science and Technology Council, Department of Science and
Technology, Government of Nagaland
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NMSKCC- Nodal State Departments for CC Cells
1. Punjab: Punjab State Council for Science and Technology, Govt. of Punjab
2. Madhya Pradesh: Environmental Planning and Coordination Organization (EPCO), Govt. of
Madhya Pradesh
3. Tamil Nadu: Department of Environment, Government of Tamil Nadu
4. Telangana: Environmental Protection Training and Research Institute (EPTRI), Hyderabad,
Telangana
5. Chhattisgarh: Chhattisgarh Forest Department, Government of Chhattisgarh
6. Karnataka Environmental Management and Policy Research Institute, Department of Forest,
Ecology and Environment, Government of Karnataka
7. Kerala: Institute for Climate Change Studies, Kottayam (ICCS), Department of Environment,
Govt. of Kerala
8. Puducherry Department of Science, Technology and Environment, Govt. of Puducherry
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Training Programme for Adaptation Planning and
Implementation
• Capacity building at State level on adaptation
planning and implementation
• Orientation and Training Programmes for
different levels of State Government Officials in
Himachal Pradesh
• Mainstreaming of climate change into sectoral
and development policies
• Scaling up from Himachal Pradesh to other States
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Creating Enabling Environment: Setting up Global
Technology Watch Groups (TWGs) under NMSKCC
• To keep pace with the state-of-the-art technologies emerging globally in the
key sectors of economy, the NMSKCC proposes to set up Global Technology
Watch Groups (GTWGs) to help accomplish the task of technology Selection,
Prioritization and Ranking in some key Strategic areas
• 2 GTWGs have been set up- one each on Advance Clean Coal Technology and
Solar and other Renewable Energy
• 6 more GTWGs are being established this year- Green Forest, Sustainable
Habitat, Water, Sustainable Agriculture, Energy efficiency and Manufacturing
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Himalayan Sustainable Development Forum (HSDF)
• Established on the recommendations of ‘Shimla Declaration on
• Sustainable Himalayan Development, now a Key deliverable under
NMSHE
• Facilitates dialogue among stakeholders on strategies for climate change
adaptation in the vulnerable sectors
• To develop comprehensive and practical strategy appropriate to the current,
immediate and long term challenges
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NMSHE: Capacity Building Programmes
• Institutional Capacity Building
 State CC Centres in all 12 Himalayan States
 6 Thematic Task Forces
 Pan Himalaya Knowledge Network Programmes
 Centre for Himalayan Glaciology
 Strengthening of existing institutions/ universities in the Himalayan
region
 Indo-Swiss Joint Research Programme
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Creating Capacities Through Research Programmes
Building human and institutional capacities for
Climate Science.
• Indo-Swiss Himalayan Glaciology
Programme, where it is developing
capacities of young Indian researchers in
glaciology and related areas
• Collaborative studies on Integrated
Vulnerability, Risks and Hazard Assessment
approach with Indian partner institutions, in
the IHR States
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Climate change vulnerability assessment: Common framework
Scoping as
per IHR
specificity
Purpose, strategic
goal, objectives
Build scenario
a) Components for
mapping VA:
Design strategies
/plans
Plans/governance/
capacity/ gender
b) Drivers of change:
Define aim/
approach
Vulnerability
Assessment
Implementation
& adaptation
Forums/ Data
/Analysis/ Learning/
DSS
Adaptation strategies/
measures
Adaptation strategies
Actions
Cross cutting issues
S&T backing /Management
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Enabling Scientific Capacities
IPCC AR5
• Integrated Risk and Vulnerability Assessment
Framework for Indian Himalayan Region
• Indo-Swiss Joint Research Studies in Kullu
• Collaborative studies in Kullu using an Integrated
Vulnerability, Risks and Hazard Assessment
approach which can be replicated in other regions
of the State as well as IHR States
• Proposes a risk assessment based approach for
understanding climate vulnerability and climate
induced hazards and risks for adaptation planning
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Indo-Swiss Collaborative Research Programme on
Climate Change in Himalayas (2017-2019)
The research studies would focus on climate change impacts, vulnerability,
risks & hazards assessment and adaptation in the Indian Himalayan Region
Broad categories of research
• Glaciology, hydrology and meteorology
• Socio-ecological systems
Two Regions
• Western and Central Himalayas
• Eastern Himalayas
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Knowledge Portal
• To make knowledge available for the users and community NMSHE requires
consolidated knowledge at one place
• Web-based Knowledge Portal on NMSHE launched www.knowledgeportal-nmshe.in
• Plan is to develop it into a pan-Himalaya knowledge repository
• Addresses the long standing challenge of low accessibility to data and information on
the Himalayas for researchers and decision makers.
Engagement with Media
• Media Capacity Building Workshop in different parts of IHR
• Enhances reporting on climate change issues in the IHR.
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Conclusions & way forward
• Capacities at different institutional levels are a key to successful climate
financing, specifically for:
• identifying funding
• applying for funding
• making efficient and effective use of funds
• Mainstreaming of CC into sector and development policies needs to be
substantially strengthened
• Mechanisms of dialogue among multiple actors, including different govt
levels facilitate financing opportunities
• Scaling up and multiplicator effects to be fully developed
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Thank you
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