Mumbai Climate Action Plan

The Mumbai Climate Action Plan (MCAP) released has laid down a 30-year roadmap for the city to tackle the challenges of climate change by adopting inclusive and robust mitigation and adaptation strategies. 

The action plan has set short-, medium- and long-term climate goals aimed towards zero emission of greenhouse gas or a net-zero target for 2050.

Key Objectives of the Plan:

• The MCAP focuses on the following bullets:

1. Sustainable Waste management
2. Urban Greening and biodiversity
3. Sustainable mobility
4. Air Quality
5. Urban flooding and water resource management
6. Pollution control

• It contains short-, medium- and long-term climate goals which aim towards zero emission of greenhouse gas by 2050.

• It was designed by Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation with technical cooperation from the World Resources Institute (WRI), India, and the C40 cities network.

• The plan is based on the present climatic condition of the city (Baseline Assessment)

Climate Change and Mumbai

• Being one of the most populated cities in the country, the WRI India has conducted a study and declared that the city will face temperature rise and major extreme rainfall that would lead to flooding and waterlogging.

• As per a study conducted by WRI India on Mumbai’s vulnerability assessment, the city will face two major challenges—temperature rise, and extreme rain events which will lead to flooding.

• As per the vulnerability assessment of greenhouse gas and natural green cover, the city has witnessed a warming trend. The analysis has revealed a warming trend over 47 years (1973-2020) with an increase of 0.25°C per decade for the city.

• The city’s Greenhouse gas emissions are approx. 23.42 million tones which are contributed by the – Energy sector, Waste sector, Transport sector, Domestic waste, Electricity consumptions

While the MCAP lays down the road map of the 30-year, its success and implementation will depend on the Mumbai civic body. The BMC has committed to strengthening its existing environment department, updating greenhouse gas emissions inventory and climate and air pollution risks and vulnerability assessment every two years and reviewing and revising the plan every five years.

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