The Centre for Climate and Sustainability (CCS), WISE, undertook this eighteen month project of facilitating multilevel climate governance at the sub-national level, by developing a model framework for the state of Kerala. Supported by Shakti Sustainable Energy Foundation, New Delhi, the project entailed review of the status of existing policies in climate/environment in Kerala, and a study of the actual process of implementation by the state government, and specifically local self-governments, as they are mainly responsible for management of key functions such as waste management, transport and electricity services—all critical sectors targeted for climate mitigation in India’s nationally determined contributions (NDCs) to the Paris Agreement—besides being responsible for climate adaptation activities in the vital sectors of forest, water, agriculture, and coastal. The project received non-financial support from the Local Self Government Department, Government of Kerala.
In the previous year, an extensive field survey for primary data collection was carried out to assess, analyse and evaluate the barriers and challenges facing the current climate governance regime in Kerala, as also drivers enabling progress at the local level. Following this, a detailed statistical analysis of primary and secondary data was also carried out and the findings summarized (validated by key experts in the field). In the year under review all this vital information was collated and put together in the form of two reports: ‘A summary for Policy Makers’ and the ‘Full Comprehensive Study Report’ of the work we did in Kerala.
WISE is the only organization in the country to have undertaken such a detailed study at the sub-national level, which received guidance and support from an esteemed Advisory Committee chaired by Mr S M Vijayanand, IAS (Retd), Former Chief Secretary, Kerala, and Chairperson, Sixth State Finance Commission, Kerala, and co-chaired by Mrs Sarada Muraleedharan, IAS, Addl. Chief Secretary, LSGD, Kerala. CCS, WISE, plans to disseminate the findings of the report to as many stakeholders as possible in Kerala and across India, using various channels of communication. One such outreach effort to be carried out by CCS, WISE, is the organisation of a one-day seminar, for spreading awareness about the study and disseminating its findings to a larger audience. This activity will be carried out in the next financial year.
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