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Everyone agrees danger looms. Can MCAP save us?
Updated On: 27 March, 2022 07:47 AM IST | Mumbai | Jane Borges
Last week, Mumbai became the first city in South Asia to draft a climate change mitigation action plan. mid-day got top names in urban planning and conservation to examine the fine print and give you their verdict
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Image caption: The Coastal Road Project has led to reclaiming large swathes of land from the sea like at Haji Ali. Urban planners say it’s not just about the beach, but what you do with the sea by constructing inside it that decides tide and climate change
One step closer to safeguarding our future, and that of the planet,” Aaditya Thackeray, state minister for tourism and environment tweeted on March 13, after releasing the Mumbai Climate Action Plan (MCAP) 2022, a one-of-its-kind document on the financial capital’s future environmentally-conscious policies. With this, Mumbai not only became the first city in the country to come up with an action plan, but also the first South Asian city to take the lead in mitigating and adapting to the effects of climate change. Developed by the Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation (BMC) with technical support from the World Resources Institute (WRI) India and the C40 Cities network, MCAP intends to offer a “robust roadmap in the run-up to 2050”—the year by which the city hopes to achieve net-zero emission.
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