National Action Plan for Climate Change

National Action Plan for Climate Change
CountryIndia
Prime Minister(s)Manmohan Singh, Narendra Modi.
Launched2008
StatusActive.

National Action Plan for Climate Change (NAPCC) is a Government of India's programme launched in 2008 to mitigate and adapt to the adverse impact of climate change. The action plan is designed and published under the guidance of Prime Minister’s Council on Climate Change (PMCCC). The 8 sub-missions aimed at fulfilling India's developmental objectives with focus on reducing emission intensity of its economy.[1] The plan will rely on the support from the developed countries with the prime focus of keeping its carbon emissions below the developed economies at any point of time.[2] The 8 missions under NAPCC are as follows:

  • National Solar Mission
  • National Mission for Enhanced Energy Efficiency
  • National Mission on Sustainable Habitat
  • National Water Mission
  • National Mission for Sustaining Himalayan Ecosystem
  • Green India Mission
  • National Mission for Sustainable Agriculture
  • National Mission on Strategic Knowledge for Climate Change
  1. ^ Pandve, Harshal T. (2009). "India's National Action Plan on Climate Change". Indian Journal of Occupational and Environmental Medicine. 13 (1): 17–19. doi:10.4103/0019-5278.50718. PMC 2822162. PMID 20165607.
  2. ^ "National Action Plan on Climate Change". climateaction.org. Retrieved 21 September 2020.