This state strategy and action plan on climate change provides for adaptation and mitigation strategies for the state of Himachal Pradesh. It outlines the state's climate change vulnerability, current and future scenarios, and adaptation measures. The plan focuses on climate change in key sectors such as agriculture, forests, natural ecosystems, biodiversity, and water resources. It also assesses climate change vulnerability through literature review, vulnerability assessment, spatial patterns of vulnerability, exposure, sensitivity, adaptive capacity, economic impacts, and sectoral analysis. The action plan addresses gaps in understanding the impacts of climate change, describes the eight national missions, and outlines adaptation and mitigation measures for reducing sectoral and regional vulnerability. The measures are provided for various sectors such as Agriculture, Horticulture, Water Resources, Forests, Biodiversity, Ecosystems, Health, Tourism, Urban Planning, and Disaster Management. The plan includes a strategic framework for adaptation and mitigation, short-term adaptation strategies, cost-benefit analysis, assessment of adaptive capacity and feasibility of implementation, response matrix for anticipatory adaptation options, and cost of implementation. The plan also includes institutional arrangements for steering climate change strategy and action.
India · 2012-01-01