Mumbai Climate Action Plan

Context

• The Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation (BMC) has laid down a comprehensive strategy to mitigate the challenges of climate change in the western coastal state of Maharashtra.

What is the Mumbai Climate Action Plan (MCAP)?

• The Mumbai Climate Action Plan released recently is a 30-year roadmap with short-term, long-term, and medium-term climate goals aimed at zero greenhouse gas or net-zero target for 2050.
• It mainly focusses on six strategic areas such as

1. Urban greening
2. Sustainable waste management
3. Urban flooding
4. Energy and resource management
5. Sustainable mobility
6. Air quality

Insights of the plan

• BMC prepared the plan in collaboration with World Water Resources Institute and C40 cities network a