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Climate change is widely acknowledged as a huge global threat considering the nature of its consequences. It is one of the most pressing issues confronting in the world today. To reduce greenhouse gas emissions, strong international action is required. However, based on past emissions, we are now responsible to decades of temperature rise and more than 100 years of sea-level rise. Rising global mean temperatures are expected to result in a faster rate of climate change this century than the Earth has seen in at least 10,000 years.
This study attempts to assess the performance of CC policy over a specified time period beginning with policy implementation. Globally, countries develop CC policies with the goal of reducing the anthropogenic causes of CC through increased greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions to the atmosphere and reducing vulnerability to CC impacts. Despite the fact that countries have developed well-defined CC policies, the threat of CC is growing by the day. Despite the fact that uncertainty and major GHG emitting countries are blamed, the people and research community rarely question the level of achievement of CC policies.
Even in the majority of cases, CC policies are evaluated using scientific methods (such as emission levels) and non-scientific methods (stakeholder consultation), which have proven in most cases to be ineffective. According to the findings of this study, mitigation plans must have a direct connection with falling GHG emissions, whereas adaptation policies must have a direct relationship with reducing vulnerability to CC-induced impacts. With this assumption, it is determined that successful mitigation policy results in lower GHG emissions, whereas successful adaptation policy results in lower economic vulnerability. Governments allocate funds to the sectors most impacted by climate change. CC adaptation entails strengthening the country’s vulnerable sectors in order to increase resilience.
“India's climate change policies are firmly rooted in a co-benefits framework, with a focus on amplifying the collaborations among improvement and environment results. These were first expressed in the National Action Plan on Climate Change (NAPCC) of 2008, and they were likewise expressed unequivocally in the twelfth Five Year Plan, presenting measures that advance monetary turn of events while also providing secondary climate benefits. The NAPCC, which was released in 2008, aimed to change India's development trajectory by integrating climate concerns with larger developmental concerns through sustainable development pathways that advance both economic and environmental goals. The deployment of appropriate technologies, the use of innovative markets, regulatory and voluntary mechanisms, and linkages between various stakeholders are among the strategies outlined.”
The plan was divided into eight missions or sectors, each of which outlines longterm, integrated strategies for achieving national climate change goals, going from sun oriented energy improvement to horticulture and water, as well as a different mission on the Himalayan biological system. Several NAPCC missions (for example, Energy Efficiency, Water, and Greening India) provided opportunities for urban-scale participation, including one (the Mission on Sustainable Habitat) that was specifically focused on cities. Following the improvement of the NAPCC, the Indian government asked state legislatures to replicate the process in their own states, with a particular focus on creating strategies and plans that line up with the eight NAPCC missions and each state's development priorities.
The paper majorly aims to analyze how efficiently the government has implemented the National Action Plan on Climate Change. The paper also focuses to assess the development that has occurred after the implementation of NAPCC.
