Demystifying Climate Risk: Dimensions, and Learning for Locally Led Adaptation Practices�

"The era of global warming has come to an end; the era of global boiling has begun.“

-Antonio Guterres

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Climate change

Impacts of Climate Change

Rising Temperatures

Sea Level Rise

Melting Glaciers

Agricultural Yield Loss

Biodiversity Loss

Extreme Weather Events

How Can it be Converted into opportunities?

Natural Resources Management

Renewable Energy Transition

Green Infrastructure and Resilience

Sustainable Agriculture & Forestry

Education and Awareness

Climate Finance

Circular Economy and Waste Management

Initiatives by Tamil Nadu Government to address Climate Change

CLIMATE

COMPATIBLE

GROWTH

Development

Strategies

Low

Carbon

Development

Mitigation

Strategies

Co-Benefits

Adaptation

Strategies

TRANSFORMATION

TRANSFORMATION

TRANSFORMATION

Disaster Risk Resilience

District Climate Action Plan : Goal

India’s Long Term Low Emissions Development Strategy:

DISTRICT CLIMATE CHANGE MISSION

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To prepare District climate Action Plan

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The District Collectors - Mission Directors of DCCM

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The District Forest Officers - District Climate Officers of DCCM

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The District Climate Change Mission shall work with all line Departments.

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38 Green Fellows to coordinate and facilitate all climate initiatives in all the 38 districts.

Chief Minister’s Green Fellowship Programme

• Research best practices adopted by other districts, states and countries on environment and climate change.
• Assisting in designing innovative new policy solutions and citizen engagement strategies.
• Improved response time from district administration & Identify gaps in implementing environmental policies.

Role of Green Fellows

• An exclusive Climate Change Research Center set up at Centre for Climate Change and Disaster Management (CCCDM) at Anna University

• It develops regional climate scenarios using Regional climate models, sectoral impacts and vulnerability assessments based on continuous assessment reports of IPCC.

Climate Studio

Comprehensive Climate Risk Assessment by Climate Studio for Districts

Key Drivers

• Flood, Agriculture, Sea Level Rise, Thermal Discomfort

Rice

Blackgram

Climate Change Impacts - Agriculture (Mayiladuthurai District)

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Groundnut

Kodaiyakarai

Muthupet

Kodaikanal

Kutralam

Rameshwaram

Yercaud

Ooty

Pulicat

Hogenakkal

Tiruchendur

Cluster 01

Cluster 02

Cluster 03

Cluster 04

Pichavaram

Climate Smart Village

Water Resource Management

Solid Waste Management

Energy Efficient Practices

Sustainable Livelihoods

Climate Proofing - Disaster Risk Reduction

Community Engagement And Monitoring

Climate Resilient Agricultural Practices

Enhanced Land Use Practices

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• Total of 71 schools have been identified for this programme
• Focuses on
• solar energy,
• rain water harvesting,
• bio- composting,
• vegetable and herbal garden,
• recycling water,
• plastic free environment, etc
• Schools shall be ranked on their Green Performance.

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PASUMAI PALLIKOODAM THITTAM (GREEN SCHOOLS SCHEME)

FINANCE

REHABILITATION OF COASTAL HABITATS FOR CLIMATE CHANGE ADAPTATION THROUGH ECO FRIENDLY SOLUTIONS

• Modified Fish bone Model Mangrove plantations in Cuddalore and Nagapattinam Districts.
• 195 hectares of Mangrove plantations were developed as Bioshileds along the coastline of Tamil Nadu.

TN-SHORE - Tamil Nadu Sustainably Harnessing Ocean Resources and Blue Economy

• To enhance coastal Biodiversity
• Coastal Protection
• Improve livelihoods of the coastal communities
• To abate pollution,

Tamil Nadu State Action Plan On Climate Change

India's National Action Plan on Climate Change (NAPCC) is aimed at addressing climate-related challenges through its National Missions. Hence, a similar State Action Plan on Climate Change (SAPCC) is essential to ensure that the objectives align with both National and Regional development priorities.

Tamil Nadu is one of the frontier states to devise a State driven Action Plan for Climate Change, reiterating the State Government's commitment to building a Sustainable and Climate Resilient future for its people aligned with National responsibilities and commitments.

• Workshops on Climate Change for Hon’ble Members of Legislative Assembly, Tamil Nadu

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• For policies on Climate Change

To integrate Climate Change adaptation and mitigation to development & planning, capacity building workshops were conducted for Government line department officials in all the 38 districts of Tamil Nadu.

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Workshops for Builders and Residents Welfare Associations on “Energy Efficient Habitats” being conducted in all the Municipal Corporations of Tamil Nadu

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Climate Literacy Initiatives

Interactive Games and Course Module on Climate Literacy for school students

Other Initiatives by TN Government

The Locally led Adaptation Practices should be

Tamil Nadu’s Climate Actions has been decentralised to District levels and further down to villages so as to buildup a people’s movement to combat climate crisis.

“The Science is Clear. Any further delay in concerted global action will miss a brief and rapidly closing window to secure a liveable future”��- IPCC