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by the EC, the National Steering Committee (NSC) on Climate Change 3.3
considers and endorses the SAPCC.
The challenge of climate change is multi-dimensional and cannot
be addressed in isolation by one department; it requires active inter-
departmental cooperation. Generally, the preparation of SAPCCs in
India has witnessed line departments providing primary inputs to
the nodal department, which in consultation with technical experts
has sought to develop a coherent policy document. Cross-department
integration of strategies has been attempted in varying ways: while in
some states, presentation of the SAPCC before a high-level Committee
of Secretaries has enabled quick iteration and consensus-building, in
others, the process21 has been tedious and often superficial.
By the end of the year 2014, all Indian states had prepared at least
a draft of the action plan. As of June 2015, the NSCC at the MoEFCC
has endorsed 19 state action plans, including Andaman and Nicobar
Islands, Andhra Pradesh, Arunachal Pradesh, Chhattisgarh, Himachal
Pradesh, Jammu and Kashmir, Lakshadweep, Madhya Pradesh,
Manipur, Meghalaya, Mizoram, Nagaland, Odisha, Puducherry,
Punjab, Rajasthan, Sikkim, Tripura, and West Bengal. Three SAPCCs
(Haryana, Jharkhand, and Karnataka) have been considered by the EC.
As the next step, the SAPCCs endorsed by the NSCC will be considered
for integration in the respective state annual development plans and
will seek financial support through various sources such as the Niti
Ayog, MoEFCC, and other national ministries and agencies.
The various SAPCCs propose a host of strategies that would help
the states achieve their adaptation and mitigation objectives. The
common rules followed by the various states in formulating SAPCCs
include ‘principles of territorial approach to climate change, sub-
national planning, building capacities for vulnerability assessment,
and identifying investment opportunities based on state priorities’.
Appendix A presents a review of the key sectoral priorities in the
SAPCCs of eight states.
3.2 Socio-economic Considerations and Equity
Notions around equity have been anchored on the principles of ‘equal
rights’, ‘polluter pays’, and ‘equal per capita emissions’ (Ghosh 1993;
Baer et al. 2000; Ghosh 2013). In his discussion on equity, Ghosh (2013)
leaves three issues open for debate:
21 Based on TERI’s experience in the SAPCC preparation process; TERI was
engaged in the SAPCC preparation of states like Rajasthan, Assam, Karnataka
and Gujarat
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considers and endorses the SAPCC.
The challenge of climate change is multi-dimensional and cannot
be addressed in isolation by one department; it requires active inter-
departmental cooperation. Generally, the preparation of SAPCCs in
India has witnessed line departments providing primary inputs to
the nodal department, which in consultation with technical experts
has sought to develop a coherent policy document. Cross-department
integration of strategies has been attempted in varying ways: while in
some states, presentation of the SAPCC before a high-level Committee
of Secretaries has enabled quick iteration and consensus-building, in
others, the process21 has been tedious and often superficial.
By the end of the year 2014, all Indian states had prepared at least
a draft of the action plan. As of June 2015, the NSCC at the MoEFCC
has endorsed 19 state action plans, including Andaman and Nicobar
Islands, Andhra Pradesh, Arunachal Pradesh, Chhattisgarh, Himachal
Pradesh, Jammu and Kashmir, Lakshadweep, Madhya Pradesh,
Manipur, Meghalaya, Mizoram, Nagaland, Odisha, Puducherry,
Punjab, Rajasthan, Sikkim, Tripura, and West Bengal. Three SAPCCs
(Haryana, Jharkhand, and Karnataka) have been considered by the EC.
As the next step, the SAPCCs endorsed by the NSCC will be considered
for integration in the respective state annual development plans and
will seek financial support through various sources such as the Niti
Ayog, MoEFCC, and other national ministries and agencies.
The various SAPCCs propose a host of strategies that would help
the states achieve their adaptation and mitigation objectives. The
common rules followed by the various states in formulating SAPCCs
include ‘principles of territorial approach to climate change, sub-
national planning, building capacities for vulnerability assessment,
and identifying investment opportunities based on state priorities’.
Appendix A presents a review of the key sectoral priorities in the
SAPCCs of eight states.
3.2 Socio-economic Considerations and Equity
Notions around equity have been anchored on the principles of ‘equal
rights’, ‘polluter pays’, and ‘equal per capita emissions’ (Ghosh 1993;
Baer et al. 2000; Ghosh 2013). In his discussion on equity, Ghosh (2013)
leaves three issues open for debate:
21 Based on TERI’s experience in the SAPCC preparation process; TERI was
engaged in the SAPCC preparation of states like Rajasthan, Assam, Karnataka
and Gujarat
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