Amid  threats of severe damage due to rising sea level, critically high temperature and increased risk from climate impacts for coastal cities, the Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation on Sunday inaugurated Mumbai Climate Action Plan (MCAP) and set a deadline to achieve net-zero greenhouse gas emissions by 2050. The plan was unveiled after a vulnerability assessment, greenhouse gas and natural green cover inventory done over the last six months by BMC with technical support from the World Resources Institute (WRI) India and the C40 Cities. 

Chief Minister Uddhav Thackeray said, “While India is on pace to meet its nationally determined contributions, Maharashtra is committed to leading India’s battle against the impending climate crisis through policy-governance changes and instilling the culture of climate action. The MCAP is designed to fulfil the Paris Agreement’s aim of reducing global warming to 1.5 degrees Celsius. Mumbai will become a climate-resilient metropolis as a result of the evidence-based policies that led to the creation of MCAP.”