NAPCC

National Action Plan on Climate Change (NAPCC)

The National Action Plan on Climate Change (NAPCC) was released by the Prime Minister on 30th June 2008. It outlines a national strategy that aims to enable the country to adapt to climate change and enhance the ecological sustainability of India ‘s development path. It stresses that maintaining a high growth rate is essential for increasing living standards of the vast majority of people of India and reducing their vulnerability to the impacts of climate change.

The Principles of NAPCC are

  • Protecting the poor through an inclusive and sustainable development strategy, sensitive to climate change
  • Achieving national growth and poverty alleviation objectives while ensuring ecological sustainability
  • Efficient and cost-effective strategies for end-use demand-side management
  • Extensive and accelerated deployment of appropriate technologies for adaptation and mitigation
  • New and innovative market, regulatory, and voluntary mechanisms for sustainable development
  • Effective implementation through unique linkages – with civil society, LGUs, and public-private partnerships

The Nine Core NAPCC Missions

The NAPCC is structured around eight long-term, cross-sectoral missions that guide national and state policy interventions.

  • Global Leadership in Solar Energy: Establish India as a global leader in solar energy by creating strong policy conditions that enable rapid diffusion of solar technologies across the country.
  • Nationally Determined Contributions (NDCs): Achieve the NDC targets by ensuring approximately 50% of cumulative installed electric power capacity comes from non-fossil fuel-based energy sources and by reducing the emission intensity of GDP by 45% from 2005 levels by 2030.

The National Mission for Enhanced Energy Efficiency (NMEEE) aims to strengthen the market for energy efficiency by creating a supportive regulatory and policy environment. It focuses on fostering innovative and sustainable business models to drive energy efficiency, particularly in energy-intensive industries.

NMEEE consists of four key initiatives designed to enhance energy efficiency across sectors:

  • Perform, Achieve and Trade (PAT) A regulatory mechanism aimed at reducing specific energy consumption in energy-intensive industries. It incorporates a market-based system that allows certified excess energy savings to be traded, improving overall cost effectiveness.
  • Market Transformation for Energy Efficiency (MTEE) This scheme proposes accelerating the shift to energy efficient appliances in designated sectors through innovative measures to make the products more affordable.
  • Energy Efficiency Financing Platform (EEFP) It is for creation of mechanisms which would help finance, demand side management programmes in all sectors by capturing future energy savings and for capacity building of financial institutions and ESCOs/Industries. excess energy saving which can be traded.
  • Framework for Energy Efficient Economic Development (FEEED) It is for development of fiscal instruments to promote energy efficiency

  • Development of sustainable habitat standards that lead to robust development strategies while simultaneously addressing climate change related concerns
  • Preparation of city development plans that comprehensively address adaptation and mitigation concerns
  • Preparation of comprehensive mobility plans that enable cities to undertake long-term, energy efficient and cost-effective transport planning
  • Capacity building for undertaking activities relevant to the Mission

  • Comprehensive water data base in public domain and assessment of the impact of climate change on water resource
  • Promotion of citizen and state actions for water conservation, augmentation and preservation
  • Focused attention to vulnerable areas including over-exploited areas
  • Increasing water use efficiency by 20 percent
  • Promotion of basin level integrated water resources management/li>

The Himalayan ecosystem as a national mission will focus on the rapid generation of four types of national capacities, which deal with:

  • Human and knowledge capacities
  • Institutional capacities
  • Capacities for evidence-based policy building and governance
  • Continuous self-learning for balancing between forces of Nature and actions of mankind

The mission attempts to address some important issues concerning

  • Himalayan Glaciers and the associated hydrological consequences
  • Biodiversity conservation and protection
  • Wildlife conservation and protection
  • Traditional knowledge societies and their livelihood
  • Planning for sustaining the Himalayan Ecosystem

The Mission aims at responding to climate change by a combination of adaptation and mitigation measures, which would help:

  • Enhancing carbon sinks in sustainably managed forests and other ecosystems
  • Adaptation of vulnerable species/ecosystems to the changing climate
  • Adaptation of forest-dependent communities

The objectives of the Mission are:

  • Increased forest/tree cover on 5 mha of forest/non-forest lands and improved quality of forest cover on another 5 mha (a total of 10 mha)
  • Improved ecosystem services including biodiversity, hydrological services and carbon sequestration as a result of treatment of 10 mha
  • Increased forest-based livelihood income of about 3 million households living in and around the forests
  • Enhanced annual CO2 sequestration by 50 to 60 million tonnes in the year 2020

  • To make agriculture more productive, sustainable, remunerative and climate resilient by promoting location specific Integrated/Composite Farming Systems.
  • To conserve natural resources through appropriate soil and moisture conservation measures.
  • To adopt comprehensive soil health management practices based on soil fertility maps, soil test-based application of macro & micronutrients, judicious use of fertilizers etc.
  • To optimize utilization of water resources through efficient water management to expand coverage for achieving ‘more crop per drop’.
  • To develop capacity of farmers & stakeholders, in conjunction with other on-going Missions
  • To pilot models in select blocks for improving productivity of rainfed farming by mainstreaming rainfed technologies refined through NICRA and by leveraging resources from other schemes/Missions like Mahatma Gandhi National Rural Employment Guarantee Scheme (MGNREGS), Integrated Watershed Management Programme (IWMP), RKVY etc.
  • To establish an effective inter and intra Departmental/Ministerial co-ordination for accomplishing key deliverables of National Mission for Sustainable Agriculture under the aegis of NAPCC.

  • Developing of national capacity for modelling the regional impacts of climate change on different ecological zones within the country.
  • Encouraging research and establishing research networks on impacts of climate change on key sectors (agriculture, health, biodiversity, oceans and coastal systems etc.).
  • Formation of knowledge networks among existing knowledge generating institutions engaged in climate science Research & Development (R&D).
  • Facilitating data sharing and exchange through a suitable policy framework.
  • Establish global technology watch groups with the institutional capacity to carry out research on technology selection.
  • Creating institutional capacity for research infrastructure, and ensuring flow and generation of human resources.
  • Complement efforts undertaken by other National Missions.
  • Building alliances and partnerships through global collaboration in research & technology development under international and bilateral S&T cooperation arrangements.

  • To create awareness among general population (vulnerable community), health-care providers and Policy makers regarding impacts of climate change on human health.
  • To strengthen capacity of healthcare system to reduce illnesses/ diseases due to variability in climate.
  • To strengthen health preparedness and response by performing situational analysis at national/ state/ district/ below district levels.
  • To develop partnerships and create synchrony/ synergy with other missions and ensure that health is adequately represented in the climate change agenda in the country.
  • To strengthen research capacity to fill the evidence gap on climate change impact on human health.