India to Submit National Adaptation Plan to UN on Climate Crisis in Nov

The National Adaptation Plan Aims to Make People, Places, Ecosystems and Economies More Resilient

- Jayashree Nandi

NEW DELHI: India is expected to submit its National Adaptation Plan to the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change in November around the time COP30 is expected to be held in Brazil.

The aim of the NAP is to make people, places, ecosystems, and economies more resilient and to make climate adaptation part of standard development practice, according to Union environment ministry's adaptation planning roadmap seen by HT. Draft reports on detailed vulnerability and risk assessment would be prepared by early 2026. For the institutional structure of NAP, a national steering committee was constituted in May 2024 chaired by Secretary, MoEFCC, then thematic working groups were created chaired by respective line ministries and thereafter an adaptation cell has also been constituted in August 2024 at MoEFCC.