State Govt ministers propose to implement climate action at all levels

Hyderabad World Sustainable Development Summit (WSDS) has mooted the idea of setting up a dedicated environmental council composed of representatives from the Centre and the States, pointing out that the implementation aspects of climate action, be it mitigation, adaptation and resilience, often falls on the state governments, in which ministers took part.

"On the lines of the GST Council, if we have the environment and forest ministers of all States alongwith the Union Minister of Environment in a council, I think that is where we can set targets and policies at the national level and implement at the State level," said AadityaUddhav Thackeray, Minister of Environment, Government of Maharashtra at a 'Ministerial session on sub-national leadership for inclusive green growth' at The Energy and Resources Institute's (TERI) annual flagship event.

James K Sangma, Minister for Forest and Environment, Government of Meghalaya, said: "Meghalaya alongwith Arunachal Pradesh form the biggest carbon sinks crucial for India to honour the commitments made at The Paris Agreement, Meghalaya aspires to be a leader to create a green bloc coalition to find solutions to fast depleting natural assets."

At the session, the ministers highlighted the need for newer measures and yardsticks to assess and tackle climate change related impacts.

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