Andhra Pradesh announces five-point strategy to combat climate change

In a significant move to combat climate change and support the Central government’s mission to reduce Green House Gas (GHG) emissions, the Government of Andhra Pradesh has adopted a comprehensive five-point Climate Strategy aimed at enhancing environmental resilience and achieving Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs).

Chief Secretary K. Vijayanand announced the strategy following a high-level meeting with the Bureau of Energy Efficiency (BEE) on Sunday, a press release by BEE Media Adviser (South India) A. Chandra Sekhar Reddy said.

The five points were — aggressive implementation of Energy Efficiency (EE) in collaboration with the BEE, Energy Efficiency Services Ltd, and Convergence Energy Services Ltd.; accelerated renewable energy deployment under Integrated Clean Energy Policy; an afforestation drive to plant one crore saplings in a single day and 5.58 crore saplings over the next year in order to increase the State’s green cover to 50% by 2047; adoption of global best practices in EE; and organising a State-wide awareness and student engagement campaign.