India Launches National Action Plan on Climate Change
climate change, global change, policy June 30th, 2008Prime Minister Manmohan Singh released a national action plan on climate change in New Delhi today.
“India has a civilizational legacy which treats Nature as a source of nurture and not as a dark force to be conquered and harnessed to human endeavour. There is a high value placed in our culture to the concept of living in harmony with Nature, recognizing the delicate threads of common destiny that hold universe together. The time has come for us to draw deep from ancient tradition and launch India and its billion people on a path of ecologically sustainable development.”
The plan includes eight missions including:
- An increase in the amount of solar energy in the total energy mix
- Implementing energy efficiency measures
- Launching sustainable habitats
- Ensuring effective water resource management
- Safeguarding Himalyan glacier and mountain eco-systems
- Enhancing eco-system services
- Making agriculture more resilient to climate change
- Setting up a Strategic Knowledge Mission for focused research on climate change
View the text of the prime minister’s speech here.
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