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DST action at Sub-National Level for Strengthening the State Climate Change Centre

under NMSKCC(SCCC-NMSKCC) in The State of Chhattisgarh

Presentation at the DST event atIndia Pavilion, CoP 23, Bonn, Germany

12-11-2017

Dr. Arvind Anil Boaz, IFSHead of Forest Force, PCCF and

Nodal Officer,State Centre for Climate Change,

Government of Chhattisgarh

Conserving Now, Preserving the Future

Chhattisgarh:Ataglance….uThe10thlargeststateinIndia-Area135,190KM2

uForestscovers44percentofitsgeographicalareauPopulation25million-32%ScheduledTribesthatinhabit

remoteforestedtractsuAgricultureprovideslivelihoodstoabout80%oftherural

householdsuTheChhattisgarhStateisdividedintothreeagroclimatic

zones- NorthernHills,CentralPlainsandSouthernBastarPlateau.

uItwasdeclaredastheFirstHerbalStateofIndiauOneofthemostMineralrichandfastdevelopingstatesof

thecountry.


• Detailedclimatevulnerabilityanalyses-sectorspecificimpactsnotavailable

• Nosystematicdocumentedcommunityperceptionsonclimatechangeanditsimpactsacrossthestateandacrossvarioussectors

• But,overallcontoursofvulnerabilitycanbeestablishedfromvarioussources

o Overallreductioninrainfallisobserved,especiallyinsomedistrictslikeRaipur,Mahasamund,Raigarh,severaldistrictsandblocksaredroughtprone

o MediumtohighobservedsensitivitytoclimatechangeinChhattisgarh,whileexposureishightohighest,withcentralpartsofChhattisgarhshowinghighestexposure

o HightohighestvulnerabilityforChhattisgarh,withpartsofthecentralareasofthestateandthenorthernregionsbeingmostvulnerableastheresultoflowadaptivecapacity

Chhattisgarh and Climate Vulnerability


StateCentreforClimateChange• Established in August 2015.• To set a platform for inter departmental coordination onimplementation of CSAPCC and building local capacities about CC.

• To act as a knowledge management centre, by strengtheningexisting knowledge and information base on climate change.

• To provide a platform for stakeholder engagement to developclimate adaptation and mitigation in a participatory manner.

• To act as a monitoring and evaluation agency in theimplementation of CSAPCC.

• To promote capacity and skill enhancement among StateGovernment officials to mainstream climate change & riskreduction in development activities.

• To plan and budget the activities to effectively utilize the availableresources and coordinate on accessing international climate funds.


DST-NMSKCCCProjectbackgroundThisprojectwasconceptualisedonfollowingneeds

•ChhattisgarhisamongstthemostvulnerableStatestoClimateChangeinIndia.

• Vulnerabilityanalysisandadaptationplanningisrequired.

• LimiteddocumentationofscientificevidencesonimpactsofClimateChange,localandtraditionaladaptationstrategies.

• Capacityofvariousstakeholdersfromgovernmentofficialstothelocalcommunitiesneedstobedevelopedtobuilda“SoftAdaptation”strategy.


Projectobjectives• To strengthen the Chhattisgarh State Centre for Climate Changeand Knowledge Management cell on research, training, capacitybuilding and knowledge management on climate change issues inChhattisgarh.• To build a data bank for storing and retrieving climate changeinformation that will be useful to all sectoral line departments,institutes, universities and to general public.• To develop climate change knowledge portal for assisting decisionmakers in framing adaptation and mitigation strategies bynetworking of various sectoral information.• To assess the impacts of climate change and map the vulnerabilityof local communities and ecosystems across the State byestablishing permanent sampling sites and monitoring them over alonger period.


Projectobjectives(cont...)• To compile sector wise vulnerability analysis in the eightsectors identified in Chhattisgarh SAPCC; especially WaterResources, Agriculture, Forests and Biodiversity, UrbanDevelopment and Human Health and develop sector specificadaptation and mitigation strategies.• To document traditional knowledge, existing technology andtechnology gaps in the State for climate adaptation andmitigation.•To build capacities of various stakeholders (From Governmentofficials to local communities) on climate adaptation andmitigation strategies.


Data,EquipmentsandManpower• TheKnowledgeManagementCentreEstablishedataBig

BuildingoftheSFRTI• Dataused

– Dataofvariousstatedepartments,Researchinstitutionsontheirwebsite/reportsbeingutilized.GIS/GPSdataoftheFMISandtheCGCouncilofScandTechbeingutilisedfordetailedplanning

• Equipmentsprocured– Laptops,computersandaccessories,officeandLibrarymaterial

• Manpowerdeployed(asperthesanction)– 02ResearchAssociates,– 03JRF– 02Projectassistant

• HelpfromthestateGovernmentsstaffattheSFRTI,AgricultureUniversitiesandotherexperts


• Vulnerability assessment study with help of UNDP focused ongenerating district level Composite Vulnerability Index (CVI) forChhattisgarh state.

• Forestry sector review of Chhattisgarh action plan on ClimateChange done in light of India’s Intended NationallyDetermined Contribution

• Baseline survey in progress in three districts of the state tounderstand the present situation of climate change and itseffects.

• Digital maps for wetland of the state have been developed.• Training and workshop being regularly conducted to build

institutional and trainers’ capacity-develop ToTs• Official website of the center prepared for wide dissemination

of climate change knowledge –global to local.• Quarterly news-letter is being published to update the

information on regular intervals.

Briefdescriptionof activitiesundertakenfortheKnowledgeManagementCentre


StrongInstitutionalStructuresetUpforEffectiveKnowledgeManagement

§ Formation of the State Centre for Climate Change and theKnpowledge Management Centre

• Formation of sectoral climate change cells in sectoraldepartments.

• Formation of District level climate change cells.• Three workshops & one training programme organised till

date in project for capacity building of the stakeholders andtrain & develop ToTs for Climate Knowledge disemination,

• Set up of GIS cell as per sanction in the project is in progressand to be completed in this financial year.

• Training and workshop calender developed for 2017-18 todevelop capacities of sectoral staff and communities

• A lecture series of eminent Internatioal and National levelexperts started in July 2017-conducted every month


KeyAchievements…(cont.)Studiescompleted–

1.AstudyonVulnerabilityassessmentofChhattisgarhonClimate

ChangecompletedwithsupportofUNDP.

2.Astudyon-ForestrysectorreviewofChhattisgarhStateactionplan

onClimateChangecompletedandstudysharedwiththeState

ForestDepartmentthroughaworkshop.

3.AScopingstudyonPublicTransportinRaipurcompletedandshared

withthestakeholderdepartments.


KeyAchievements…(cont.)

Twoongoingstudies-

1.Scopingstudyonclimatesmartagriculturein

Chhattisgarh

2.WaterresourceallocationstudyinMahanadibasin


NewProjectssanctionedtohelpconvergenceapproachforKnowledgeManagement

• A pilot project on “Climate adaptation in wetlandsalong the Mahanadi river catchment area inChhattisgarh” is being implemented in three districtsof the State with financial support from MoEF & CC.

• Results of this project will help to develop the properstrategies/model for climate change adaptation inwetland dependent communities.

• Industry-FICCI and CI roped in for supportingknowledge disemination to industries


ResultsResultsandlearningofthisprojectwillbeveryhelpfulincontextofChhattisgarh,suchas

• SectoralVulnerabilitystudieswillserveastheevidencebaseforbetterClimateproofpolicyframingintheState.

• AresearchandresourcecentrefortheStateinstitutionsanddepartments.

• DevelopingaresourcepoolonClimatechangeatalllevelsofgovernancefromconcerneddepartments/policymakerstothecommunitylevel-RegularPolicybriefsfortheSectoraldepartmentsforeffectiveincorporationofClimateconcernsinStatePolicies


LectureSeriesonClimateChange• A lecture series has been started

for building knowledge &

capacity of key persons of

different departments, NGO

representatives & communities

Firstlectureoftheserieson“ImpactofClimateChangeonForest&biodiversityofChhattisgarh” deliveredbyrenownedscientistProf.N.H.Ravindranath,IISc,Bangalore.


INDC’sWorkshop• Regular workshops and training

Programme are being organized.

• A Workshop on “Role of State

department in achieving India’s

Intended Nationally Determined

Contribution” was organized on

26th April 2017.

• Total 45 participants were

participated from different Govt

departments, Research

institutes, National/international

organizations, and NGOs


Dr. Arvind Boaz, IFSHead of Forest Force, PCCF and Chief Executive Officer, State Centre for Climate Change.Government of [email protected] 9630850792

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