What is Bengaluru Climate Action Plan? How it targets carbon neutrality by 2050
The BBMP will be responsible for implementing 143 of the 269 actions part of the plan for the city.
The BBMP has appointed the World Resources Institute (WRI) as the global consultant to prepare a climate action plan for 2050 for Bengaluru in August 2021. (File photo) Urban heat, urban flooding, droughts, thunderstorms, lightning and air pollution have been identified as climate and environmental hazards in the Bengaluru Climate Action Plan.
In a meeting chaired by Deputy Chief Minister D K Shivakumar Wednesday, it was announced that 269 actions were planned to mitigate the impact of climate change in the city. Of these 269 action plans, Bruhat Bengaluru Mahanagara Palike (BBMP) will be responsible for executing 143.
Bengaluru is a co-lead of the Global Air Quality Network for the C40 cities global network. Other Indian cities part of the C40 network in India are Mumbai, Delhi, Kolkata, Chennai and Ahmedabad. C40 is a global network of nearly 100 mayors of different cities across the globe that are united to confront the climate crisis.
“As part of the signatory to the C40 cities, the commitment from the cities is to achieve carbon emission reduction by 2030 and carbon neutrality by 2050. In view of this, cities like Mumbai and Chennai have prepared an action plan for climate change and the same has been launched by these cities. In the year 2017, Bangalore as co-lead and along with C40 cities, hosted the first Air Quality Network seminar, where participants from more than 15 countries participated. The seminar was launched by the then Bengaluru Development Minister Dr G Parameshwara,” a statement from the BBMP said.
The BBMP has appointed the World Resources Institute (WRI) as the global consultant to prepare a climate action plan for 2050 for Bengaluru in August 2021.
According to the statement, the WRI team so far has consulted more than 25 stakeholders, including the BBMP, Bangalore Electricity Supply Company (BESCOM), Bangalore Metropolitan Transport Corporation (BMTC), Bangalore Metro Rail Corporation Limited (BMRCL), Bangalore Water Supply and Sewerage Board (BWSSB), Transport Department, Disaster Management, Karnataka State Pollution Control Board (KSPCB), Directorate of Urban Land Transport (DULT), Bangalore Development Authority (BDA), among others.
The priority sectors identified for developing climate change strategies are stationary energy and buildings, transportation, solid waste management, air quality, water, wastewater, stormwater management, urban planning, greening and biodiversity disaster management.
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