Revision of State Action Plan on Climate Change for Jharkhand, UNDP Action (2019 – Ongoing)

Considering the recent directive from GOI about the revision of SAPCCs to include the NDC targets and mainstream the actions to achieve those targets, an opportunity has been created for the states to revise their SAPCCs. The Government of Jharkhand has decided to initiate the process to revise the existing SAPCC and incorporate NDC targets. The provisions under Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) will also be considered while revising the SAPCC. Based on the requirements UNDP is supporting the state Governments for the revision of adaptation focused chapters of SAPCC. IIEC was engaged by UNDP to assist and revise the State Action Plan for Climate Change (SAPCC) of Jharkhand with objective to assist different departments in the state to manage their responses to climate change in a comprehensive manner revise the SAPCC to accommodate the recommendations under India’s NDC and the newly introduced Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs).