Rise in Sea Level

Rise in Sea Level

The Government of India has formulated the National Action Plan on Climate Change (NAPCC), which outlines a number of steps relating to mitigation of greenhouse gases and adaptation to the adverse impacts of climate change.  32 States and UTs have prepared their State Action Plans in line with the NAPCC. The Government of India, Ministry of Environment, Forest & Climate Change has notified Coastal Regulation Zone Notification 2011 and the Island Protection Zone Notification 2011 with the objectives of protection of livelihoods of fishing communities, preservation of coastal ecology and promotion of economic activity that have necessarily to be located in the coastal region. The developmental activities along these Coastal Regulation Zones are required to be in accordance with these notifications. The Ministry is also implementing Integrated Coastal Zone Management Project in the identified coastal stretches of three states namely Gujarat, Odisha and West Bengal”.

This information was given by Minister of State for Environment, Forest and Climate Change, Dr. Mahesh Sharma, in a written reply to a question in Lok Sabha today.