Jai Raj
Addl. PCCF/Director
Environment , Uttarakhand
…our action here will affect him somewhere there…..
Climate Change
Is it happening ?
Climate Change
The Intergovernmental Panel on Climate
Change (IPCC) has clearly concluded that
the impact of human activities on climate is
unequivocal.
The debate can be on extent and magnitude
of climate change.
Jairam Ramesh
No country in the world is as
vulnerable, on so many dimensions,
to climate change as India.
Rigorous science based assessments are
therefore critical in designing our
adaptation strategies.
 Source
of
water/
Environment
services.
 Controls livelihoods of communities
down the plain.
 Rich Biodiversity with 65% of area
under forest.
 Growth rate has been phenomenal.
INCCA
4 x 4 assessment
Himalayan Region – most
vulnerable to CC
(None of the other three regions falling
in this category)
Climate Change
Is indeed a threat but it offers
an opportunity also opportunity
to
reorient
ourselves towards sustainable
development.
“3 M’s” Approach
Measure,
Model,
Monitor.
Target for Uttarakhand
To become GREEN (“carbon
caring” and “climate resilient”
State)
through
implementation
of
the
SAPCC.
NAPCC – 08 MISSIONS
 Solar
 Enhanced Energy Efficiency
 Sustainable Habitat
 Water
 Sustaining Himalayan Ecosystem
 Green India
 Sustainable Agriculture
 Strategic Knowledge for CC
Uttarakhand
State
Council
for
Climate Change has
been constituted under
the chairmanship of
CS.
CONSTITUTION OF SECTORAL GROUPS
FOR SAPCC
 Agriculture & Horticulture
 Forestry, Wild life & Biodiversity
 Animal Husbandry
 Water Resources
 Energy
 Industry
 Road & Transport
 Urban Development & Housing
 Health
 Tourism & Culture
 Disaster Management
SAPCC
SAPCC has to be perceived as an
evolving document, with ample
flexibility to internalize changes
and developments happening at
the national, regional and local
levels over time.
UTTARAKHAND
Issues - Sectorwise
Agriculture
 Main livelihood activity. 13.29% of the total
geographical land is under agricultural with
65% of population dependant on it.
 Mainly rain-fed agriculture in hills. Low
productivity in hills.
 Any short-term or long-term fluctuations of
climate can have dramatic effects on the
agricultural productivity. Thus, the climate
has a direct impact on food security.
Agriculture
Impacts
 Shift in peak of rainfall from July/August to
August/September and winter precipitation from
December/February shifting to January/ February.
 Increase in frequency of cloud-bursts.
 Reduction in productivity of most crops. The
wheat yield in Uttarakhand may decrease in the
range of 20-30 % by the year 2050.
 Increase in the use of fertilizers.
 Winterkill of pests is likely to be reduced.
Agriculture
Measures
 Watershed management.
 Extensive soil conservation measures.
 Promoting organic farming.
 Herbal and medicinal plants.
 Promoting traditional diverse crops.
 Agro-forestry.
 Promoting mechanization.
 Extension reforms.
 Agricultural insurance.
 Laboratories to support agriculture and adequate
research including research on traditional varieties.
Forestry, Wild life & Biodiversity
Sector
Forestry Sector has a special
significance because of the influence it
has on environmental amelioration
through climate mitigation, food
security, water security, biodiversity
conservation and livelihood securities
of forest dependent communities.
Forestry, Wild life & Biodiversity Sector
"Environment sustainability is
not an option but an
imperative."
(Mid-term Assessment, Tenth Plan, Planning
Commission of India)
Ecosystem value
The total value of forest ecosystem
services flowing from Uttarakhand
is about Rs. 107 billion/yr and at
Indian Himalayan level it is Rs. 943
billion/yr.
Forestry, Wild life & Biodiversity
Impacts
 Increase in forest fires.
 Changes in vegetation type and decrease in net
primary productivity.
 Increase in insect attacks.
 Increase in invasive species.
 Loss of biodiversity.
 Altitudinal and latitudinal shift in species. Highest
level species – most susceptible to extinction.
 Increase in water scarcity.
 Glacial lakes outburst and floods.
 Increase in man-animal conflicts.
Forestry, Wild life & Biodiversity
Measures
 Increasing forest cover both in terms of quality and
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quantity. Agro-forestry to be encouraged (GIM).
Sustainable forest management practices aiming at services
rather than goods.
Improved fire management – to prevent large leakage. Use
of pine-needles as a bio-resource (bio-bricketting and
power generation).
Enhanced soil and water conservation measures (NWM,
SHE).
Adequate provision of corridors so as to enable the natural
flow of genes.
Promotion of adaptation strategies in communities in the
wake of CC. Alternative livelihood opportunities (GIM).
 Mobilization of 12,089 Van Panchayats in fight against CC.
Animal Husbandry Sector
Impacts
 Changes in disease patterns.
 Higher
patterns.
morbidity and
changing
mortality
 Lowered disease resistance due to deficiency of
food, fodder and water thereby contributing to
enhancement of stress.
 Adaptation changes in microbes and other disease
causing agents leading to increase in their
pathogenecity & their acquiring of capacities to
infect multiple hosts thus increasing incidences of
zoonoses and subsequent risk to human health;
Animal Husbandry Sector
Impacts
Decrease in the availability of feed, fodder
and water leading to direct competition
between man and animal for scarce food
and water resources. Brunt will be borne by
the women folk.
Animal Husbandry Sector
Measures
 Existing
disease surveillance system will be
strengthened.
 Development and adoption of a standard operating
procedure (SOP) in case of disease outbreaks and
other calamities causing episodes within the livestock
scenario as a result of global warming.
 Mobile Veterinary & Diagnostic Services.
 Mobile laboratories in the state which can be rushed to
areas where incidence of disease outbreaks would
occur.
 Strengthening of Vaccine Cold Chain Management
System.
THANKS !
Jai Raj
ccfenvuk@gmail.com
(Cell no.- 9412053604)
(3/IV, Indra Nagar Forest Colony, Dehra Dun)