Context

The National climate vulnerability assessment report is released by Department of Science and Technology under Ministry of Science and Technology.

About

About the Report

• The report is titled as ‘Climate Vulnerability Assessment for Adaptation Planning in India Using a Common Framework’.
• Objective: The report identifies the most vulnerable states and districts in India with respect to current climate risk and key drivers of vulnerability.
• Foundation: The report is based on the vulnerability assessment of the climate impact.
• Significance: The mapping the parts of India which are vulnerable for climate changes will help initiating climate actions at the ground level.
  • The report will help the states for initiating climate action.
  • The assessments will contribute towards the development of more targeted climate change projects.
  • It will support the implementation of the State Action Plans on Climate Change.
  • It will also support the Nationally Determined Contributions under the Paris Agreement.
  • The assessments under the report will also support India’s National Action Plan on Climate Change.
• Conduction of Study: The nation-wide exercise was jointly supported by the DST and the Swiss Agency for Development & Cooperation (SDC).

 What are the key findings?

• The report has identifiedJharkhand, Mizoram, Orissa, Chhattisgarh, Assam, Bihar, Arunachal Pradesh, and West Bengal as the states which are highly vulnerable to climate change.
• These states lie mostly in the eastern part of the country and require prioritization of adaptation and interventions.