Maharashtra to form State Council for Climate Change

Note: Use it an example under states initiative to manage climate change crisis

Context:

• Mindful of the gravity of the climate change crisis, the Maharashtra government will constitute a State Council for Climate Change.
• The council would be headed by Chief Minister Uddhav Thackeray and co-chaired by Deputy Chief Minister Ajit Pawar to deal with climate related challenges affecting Maharashtra.

Need:

• Climate change is a pressing and grave issue.
• Facing a climate emergency, as pointed by the United Nations’ Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) report regarding carbon impact.
• Weather patterns had changed dramatically in the State over the past decade.
• Climatic transformation had triggered landslides with greater frequency besides raising temperatures during the summer months and reducing the number of winter days.

How it will work?

• State Environment Ministry would formulate the climate action plan for concerned departments like Energy, Transport, Urban Development, and Industry, and seek the Cabinet’s approval for the same.

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