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National Action Plan on Climate Change

By Vinay Yadav Updated: 15 May 2020 3 min read Verified Civil Services Notes

National Action Plan on Climate Change (NAPCC) is a comprehensive action plan which outlines measures on climate change related adaptation and mitigation w...

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National Action Plan on Climate Change (NAPCC) is a comprehensive action plan which outlines measures on climate change related adaptation and mitigation while simultaneously advancing development.

It effectively pulls together a number of the government’s existing national plans on water, renewable energy, energy efficiency agriculture and others and bundled with additional ones into a set of eight missions.

The Prime Minister’s Council on Climate Change is in charge of the overall implementation of the plan.

Eight core Missions of NAPCC

National Solar Mission – It has a goal of increasing production of photo-voltaic to 1000 MW/year; and a goal of deploying at least 1000 MW of solar thermal power generation.

National Mission for Enhanced Energy Efficiency

National Mission on Sustainable Habitat

National Water Mission - the plan sets a goal of a 20% improvement in water use efficiency through pricing and other measures.

National Mission for Sustaining the Himalayan Ecosystem

National Mission for a “Green India”: Goals include the afforestation of 6 million hectares of degraded forest lands and expanding forest cover from 23% to 33% of India’s territory.

National Mission for Sustainable Agriculture

National Mission on Strategic Knowledge for Climate Change