On Sunday, March 13, Maharashtra Chief Minister Uddhav Thackeray released the Mumbai Climate Action Plan (MCAP). Herein it was claimed that the city’s greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions are anticipated to reach 64.8 million tonnes CO2e/year by 2050, stated reports.
Based on accounts, this is an increase of 2.7 times between 2019 and 2050 in a business as usual (BAU) scenario. This means that if no mitigation steps are taken, the mentioned scenario will transpire.
According to narratives, the said projection is slightly greater than the national level BAU trajectory, which estimates the increase at 2.5 times. It has been reported that in 2019, Mumbai’s GHG emissions were 23.42 million tonnes CO2e, at 1.8 times CO2e per person.
On the other hand, the Existing and Planned (E&P) scenario considers the present policies to reduce emissions. In this, emissions are expected to reach 51.3 million tons CO2e/year by 2050. In order to tackle this, the MCAP has curated a mitigation strategy.
The emission reduction targets aim to reach net-zero by 2050. The strategies focus on areas such as urban flooding and water resource management, urban greening and biodiversity, air quality, sustainable mobility, sustainable waste management, and interventions in energy and buildings.
It has been reported that for the implementation of the MCAP, a climate action cell will be set up under the Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation (BMC). The cell is expected to undertake an MCAP revision every five years, and update greenhouse gas emissions inventory, climate and air pollution risks and vulnerability assessment every two years.
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