Mission LIFE May Be Merged Into National Action Plan On Climate Change

Push for sustainability

- PUJA DAS

The government is considering adding Mission LIFE (Lifestyle for Environment) to the National Action Plan on Climate Change (NAPCC), according to two officials aware of the development.

Currently, the NAPCC has eight active missions across sectors like water, energy, and agriculture, aimed at addressing climate change. The incorporation of Mission LIFE into the NAPCC aims to better quantify the needs of individuals and businesses while creating awareness, a government official said.

Prime Minister Modi had pitched for Mission LIFE at the 26th Conference of the Parties (COP26) to the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC). The mission was officially launched in October 2022 to mobilise at least one billion people in India and worldwide to take individual and collective action to protect and conserve the environment between 2022 and 2028.

The Ministry of Environment, Forest and Climate Change (MoEFCC) serves as the nodal ministry for the national-level coordination and implementation of Mission LIFE. Any related initiatives will be managed by this ministry, the government official cited above said.

As a global programme, Mission LIFE aims for three core shifts in the collective approach to sustainability: a change in demand at the personal level, a change in supply at the business level, and a change in policy to support sustainable consumption and production.