Immediately after the meeting of Chief Secretaries in February 2010 was the issue of developing the State Specific Climate Change Action Plan, and the State Government of J&K institutionalized the J&K State Council on Climate Change on 25th of April 2011. The State Council on Climate Change is headed by the Director, Environment & Remote Sensing. Following are the sectors identified as part of the Climate Change Action Plan: 1. Energy - Solar Mission and Renewable Energy; 2. Enhanced Energy Efficiency; 3. Water; 4. Sustainable Habitat; 5. Sustainable Agriculture; 6. Tourism; 7. Sustainable Himalayan Ecosystem; 8. Health; 9. Disaster Management; 10. Strategic Knowledge mission; and 11. Green India Mission. The vulnerability of the State agriculture sector to climatic variability would be accentuated at multiple levels including the crops or livestock’s, farm or cropping system and the food system. The implication of climatic variability or extremes over agricultural sector could be for reaching and it could affect food security, livelihoods trade policies, water conservati on issues impacting large portion of population. The Plan specifies the different Key priorities to be implemented for the following sectors: Sustainable Energy Mission (including: implementation of solar city project; renewable energy generation; Strengthening of technical competency of various stakeholders of renewable energy; Enhanced Energy Efficiency, etc.); Sustainable Habitat (including; Promotion of battery operated (charged from solar power) transport systems in tourist places, etc.); Promoting Tourism; Green India Mission (including; Implementation of J&K State Forest Policy; Capacity building and awareness for all levels of stakeholders; Gene bank development for climate adaptable species; Eco-restoration through afforestation; Study on Flora and Fauna vulnerability, etc.); Water Mission (including: baseline data with terrain analysis with comprehensive land classification, river networks, lakes and water bodies, forest coverage, etc.; implementing water use Efficiency measures; Irrigation, etc.); Sustainable Agriculture Mission (including: Planning of cropping system and crop varieties through Crop diversification, drought tolerant crops and water saving crops; extension workers and dissemination of new and appropriate technology. Disaster Management (including: Hazard risk mapping using GIS and Remote sensing; Risk reduction through implementable planning and policy; Strengthening Communication Networks and Disaster Management Facilities; Hazard specific multi-parameter vulnerability assessment and social impact assessment at the regional and local levels for preparing contingency plan; promoting concept of Climate Smart Disaster Risk Management (CSDRM), etc.); Health (including: District wise inventory on water born and vector borne diseases with respect to weather variability; Health front in situations of flash flood and earthquake hazard, etc.); Sustainable Himalayan Mission (including: Baseline study of climate change impact on flora, fauna species and on glacial ecology; Study on vulnerability of mountain ecology, etc.).
(الهند) جامو وكشمير · 2011-01-01