Nagpur: Environment Minister Environment Aaditya Thackeray said in an interview with COP TV on Tuesday that Maharashtra had joined the UN ‘Race to Resilience’ campaign.
It focuses on helping the most vulnerable frontline community to build resilience and adapt to the physical impact of climate change – extreme heat, droughts, floods and sea levels, in urban areas, rural and coastal areas.
During the past year, the state government has suffered almost RS15,000 crore ($ 2 billion) losses paid as compensation for those affected by extreme weather events.
“Our goal is to keep Maharashtra within 1.5 degrees Celsius (limiting earth warming) so that it can protect millions of livelihoods that will be affected due to climate-related disasters.
Maharashtra joining this movement will allow us to report and assess our emissions dynamically,” Thackeray said.
He added Maharashtra is “most industrialized countries” in India and aims to be a prime example for local governments, inspiring climate and sustainable development.
Maharashtra has a three-branch plan to overcome climate change.
Through Majhi Vasundhara (my earth), this country aims to build resilience and culture of climate action at each level of government.
Starting in 2020, this mission aims to achieve climate resilience in the state by uniting administration, business, NGOs and citizens of all age groups to enable climate action among all stakeholders, declare liberation.
Together, these elements overcome biodiversity, waste management, water conservation, renewable energy adoption, air quality monitoring, absorption of electric vehicles (EV), green building steps, energy conservation, and creating awareness among citizens.
Majhi Vasundhara has saved 11,145 million liters of water in the first year of operation, which is equivalent to one day of water supply throughout the state.
Majhi Vasundhara also aims to reduce CO2 emissions, take water conservation steps and use power-saving electrification measures.
Projects on agriculture that are tough climate (Pocra for rural areas) are projects to improve climate resilience and profitability of small farmers in all Maharashtra.
The project aims to support investment in agricultural agricultural infrastructure, the community, and post-harvest and adopt climate troops.
Mangrove conservation is the third step.
Last year, 9,800 hectares of mangrove forests have been classified as a reserve forest that gives them legal protection by law, declare liberation.
This work is carried out by mangrove cells regulated by the state government with the support of the UN development program and green climate funds.