The Kerala government will develop a Climate Change Knowledge Resource Platform to provide data on historic and future climate, vulnerabilities and impacts. The proposed mechanism is also envisaged to monitor changes in greenhouse gas emission, Governor Arif Mohammed Khan’s policy address has emphasised.
The policy address presented in the Assembly on Thursday also credits the government with forming the Kerala State Climate Change Adaptation Mission (KSCCAM), the first-of-its-kind in the country. KSCCAM, which has been driving the State’s Carbon Neutral Mission, aims to be a separate administrative entity for streamlining and administering climate change adaptation and mitigation activities.
An integrated wetland web portal and mobile application has been developed to ensure the contribution of citizen scientists, who have registered as ‘Wetland Mitras’ to bolster the management of Ramsar wetlands. The portal, which will be made available to the public, is bound to become a model in the field of wetland management in the country, the address stated.
