National Action Plan on Climate Change (NAPCC)

Hello I welcome you all once again to my channel Explore Education I am Dr. Rashmi Singh Assistant Professor Department of Education SS Khanna Girls Durie College University of Allahabad and this time I am going to discuss with you new topic of Unit Four of your paper Environmental Education PG 3rd Semester MA Education that is National Action Plan on Climate Change NAPCC in this we will see eight national mission which were made under it. Then what are its benefits? And we set that by 2070 we will have net zero emissions. Ok? So these days we are talking about the topics of environmental education in which after covering many topics, this turn of yours is climate change. There is a National Plan on Climate Change. Isn't it? So if we look at the background and context, launched in 2008 under PM Manmohan Singh coordinated by the Prime Minister's Council on Climate Change is India's first comprehensive national climate strategy, right? You have understood this much that in 2008, the then Prime Minister Shri Manmohan Singh launched and coordinated it under the Prime Minister's Council on Climate Change. This was India's first comprehensive national climate strategy. Came at a critical juncture ahead of the 2009 Copenhagen COP15, situating India's domestic action with in global climate negotiations. And when was this started? The LAC was launched in May 2008 and the Copenhagen Summit in 2009 and it aligned India's domestic action with those in global climate negotiations. Anchored in the Principle of Co-Benefits Pursuing Development Pathways. That simultaneously advance climate goals and economic and social objectives. This is the balancing we have to see, how we can fulfill our climate goals and also how we can fulfill our economic and social objectives. That is why it is called benefits. Meaning both should benefit. This was implicit in this principle. Reflect India's UNF Triple C position on common but differentiated responsibilities balancing climate action with the right to development. The difficult task is how we balance environmental action and our right to development. Correct? So this was its background. What are its guiding principles? Protecting the Poor and Vulnerable through Inclusive Sustainable Development Pathways. Those who are poor, those who are vulnerable, vulnerable means those who are prone, meaning something bad can happen to them easily, they should be protected through these inclusive and sustainable development pathways. Achieving national growth objectives through a qualitative shift towards more climate-friendly strategies. How can we achieve the objectives of national growth. One result is a qualitative shift towards adopting more climate-friendly strategies. Devising Efficient Cost-Effective Strategies for End-Used Demand Management. How do we choose cost-effective strategies that are both efficient and fulfill end-use demand management needs? Deploying appropriate technologies for both climate adaptation and mitigation. How do we choose the technology that can help us adapt to the climate? Better engineering, innovative market, regulatory and voluntary mechanisms, backed by civil society and public-private partnership, all these were its objectives. Energy: Now, if we have to study eight missions, the first one is Energy Mission Solar and Energy Efficiency National Solar Mission, that large scale solar generation will be promoted and manufactured and the original target of 20 GW i.e. GW by 2020 which was kept, it was revised sharply upward and fire accident means it was decided that we will work on Solar Mission National Mission for Enhanced Energy Efficiency. Work under this includes the Perform Achieve and Trade scheme, there is Perform Achieve and Trade PAT scheme, for this we will set up such energy industries which will be energy intensive and its standards, labelling for appliances will also be decided. Together these missions have driven India's shifts towards renewable energy and industrial energy efficiency. These missions gave India a driving force as to which direction its programme shifted? Towards renewable energy and industrial energy efficiency. Solar tariffs have fallen dramatically. Solar traffic was reduced. Tariffs making solar power cost competitive with conventional energy sources. It should be cost competitive with conventional energy sources. Solar power: Their tariff was reduced for this. Ok? Habitat and Water Mission. Its second mission. Habitat means housing and Jal Mission. National Mission on Sustainable Habitat so that we can make the habitat sustainable. So what was done? Promotes Energy Efficiency in Buildings. Buildings should be constructed in such a way that they are energy efficient. Urban planning should be improved. Work should be done on solid waste management. Work should be done on public transport. Then what was decided in the National Water Mission was that we will keep a 20% improvement in water use efficiency through integrated water resources management. Both missions address the growing urban and water security pressures linked to climate change. What both of these missions did was address the growing urban and water security pressures linked to climate change. Effortlessly integrate demand-side management alongside supply-side infrastructure investment. That is, the work of managing the balance between supply side and demand side management was done. Emphasis was laid on that. The third mission was its Ecosystem and Agricultural Mission. What was done in this? How to sustain the National Mission for Sustaining the Himalayan Ecosystem, which is the environmental system of the Himalayas ? So biodiversity protection was protected. Forest cover was protected. Work was done to protect the glacial system. It is an ecologically fragile region. There may be immediate harm to him. Meaning it can get spoiled and its spoilage will have very adverse consequences for the environment of India. Then National Mission for a Green India. How can we make India greener? The objective was to expand and restore our forest and tree cover on degraded land. National Mission for Sustainable Agriculture said that climate resilient farming will be promoted and the development of drought and pest tolerant crop varieties. We should develop those crops and work on them which are drought and pest tolerant, meaning they are less affected by insects and are less prone to famine and drought. Such crop varieties should be planted and developed. Together these missions link ecosystem conservation with rural livelihood security, meaning a lot of good work is being done in India. The implementation is just bad. Implementation has arrived. Then after that Knowledge Mission and Implementation Structure. It was said that a National Mission on Strategic Knowledge for Climate Change will be created. Builds a research base on climate science. You should create a research base on climate science. Where is it more important? What is going wrong? How can it be improved? Through a network of scientific institutions. Without this you can connect the network of scientific institutions. Implementation is coordinated by the PM Triple C with the Ministry. So there was the Prime Minister's Council on Climate Change. This will work. The Ministry of Environment will work on this. Forest and Climate Change will function as the nodal ministry. States must prepare their own state action plans on climate change aligned with NAPCC but tailored to local vulnerabilities. He said that you should work only with NAPCC. Work under his umbrella term. But you should create your own action plan that is tailored to your local vulnerabilities. This two-tier structure connects national strategy with state- specific implementation on the ground. This happened. The achievement and progress of this was that the National Solar Mission dramatically overachieved its original target. It achieved even more than its original target and by 2024-25, Solar Mission solar panels with a capacity of 90 GW have been installed here. India achieved its pre-2030 target of 40% non-fossil fuel electricity capacity by 202 well ahead of schedule. We are doing well on schedule. India's updated Nationally Determined Contribution now targets 50% non- fossil fuel capacity by 2030 and overall renewable energy capacity has grown to well over 180 GW led largely by solar and wind. We are doing a good job on our renewable energy capacity, in which the major portion of contribution is from solar and wind energy and we have achieved this much. So if you can remember these figures then remember them, otherwise remember its meaning, you will have to remember something to write in the exam. Then at COP 26 Glasgow 2021, India announced a net zero emissions target by 2070 along with its five point Panchamrit Climate Pledges. It has been said that we will stop carbon emissions by 2070. You see how many electric vehicles are running, electric buses are running everywhere. India is their mission zero. India joins the International Solar Alliance. This is your last topic of this unit. This is the International Solar Alliance in 2015 to promote global solar cooperation extending NAPCC vision internationally, then Mission LIFE has come, what is LIFE, LIFE abbreviation is LIFE, L is Lifestyle for Environment, this was launched in 2022 so that individual and community level pro environment behavior change will be promoted, meaning we should be proactive, meaning anything that can cause some harm to the environment due to our actions, stop it before it happens, these initiatives show India's climate strategy evolving well beyond the original aid missions. Better work is being done on India's climate strategy than the original aid mission we had undertaken. However, the results are not that pleasant i.e. not at a realistic level. Still the work is going on. Criticism and Challenges What Progress Across the Eight Missions Has Been Uneven. They are saying that your progress is uneven. The Solar Mission is doing very well but the Mission for Sustainable Agriculture and Himalayan Ecosystem is working slowly. Several missions rely on repackaging pre-existing schemes rather than dedicating new funding. This is also its challenge. Integration between National Missions and State Action Plans remains weak. There is weak integration between the national mission and the state action plan. Isn't it? And balancing rapid economic growth and rising energy demand with genuine emissions reduction remains an unresolved tension. There will always be a tension as to how we balance our economic growth so that it is rapid, we can cater to the energy demand and we can also remain sustainable. So what is the take away from this that NAPCC 2008 was India's first comprehensive climate strategy built on benefits and CVDR coordinated by the PMCC PM Triple C it rests on eight national missions spanning solar energy energy efficiency habitat water Himalayan ecosystems forestry agriculture and knowledge building you have to remember states implemented through their own state action plans on climate change aligned with national goals and India has since gone beyond NAPCC with 2017 net zero pledge humne pledgi ki hum carbon mission karengi by 2017 mission life humne hai and the International Solar Alliance two uneven mission wise progress remains true very good work is being done but progress of all the missions is not the same. Now let's come to the question. The National Action Plan on Climate Change was launched in 2008. The NAPCC is coordinated at the national level by the Prime Minister's Council on Climate Change. Then which mission originally targeted 20 GW of capacity by 2022 later revised sharply upwards National Solar Mission. Then the Perform Achieve and Trade scheme falls under the V mission. We will have to see which one it was. It is not Green India. There is no water mission either. Perhaps it is about sustainable agriculture. You can see it further in the answer. Then states are required to prepare their own climate strategies known as State Action Plans on Climate Change. Then this is 8 CAP 20 Indian 2070. Then Mission Life primarily focuses on promoting. This is individual and community level pro- environment behavior change. And recognized criticism of MAP is uneven, right? Uneven progress across missions and weak integration with state action plans. This is its biggest shortcoming. This was our National Mission for Enhanced Energy Efficiency, this was your PAT, perform, achieve and trade. Ok? So this is your MCQ. Ok? So although there is not much challenge in this, but we get to know a lot. Look, so much is going on in India that we don't even know about. You should know this as you are educated and as you are a responsible citizen. Ok? So do n't just read environmental education, put it into practice. Ok? So be an environmentalist and happy learning to all of us. Ok? Thank you.