Proposed Climate Change Cell

Arunachal Pradesh State Action Plan on Climate Change

Department of Environment and Forests, Arunachal Pradesh acted as the State Nodal Agency for the preparation of SAPCC. A State Steering Committee (SSC) was constituted under the chairmanship of the Chief Secretary. Other members in the SSC included Principal Secretaries/Commissioners/ Secretaries of the various line departments, research institutions, NGOs, academia and the WWF (India). Thereafter, the line departments dealing with the sectors sensitive to climate change constituted the sectoral Working Groups (WGs), with one person designated as the Nodal Officer (NO) of the sector.

To synergize sustainable development and adaptation to climate change, a list of programmes and policies, as perceived by the State, have been identified by state sectoral departments, these are:

• Forestry
• Agriculture
• Horticulture
• Energy
• Urban Development
• Water Resources
• Health
• Capacity building
• Gender sensitivity