Lok Sabha Question No. 181 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2025-02-03
Subject: National Adaptation Fund for Climate Change (NAFCC)
Ministry: ENVIRONMENT, FOREST AND CLIMATE CHANGE
Asked by: Dr. Shashi Tharoor

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA MINISTRY OF ENVIRONMENT, FOREST AND CLIMATE CHANGE

## LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 181

TO BE ANSWERED ON 03.02.2025

## National Adaptation Fund for Climate Change (NAFCC)

## 181. DR. SHASHI THAROOR:

Will the Minister of ENVIRONMENT, FOREST AND CLIMATE CHANGE be pleased to state:

- (a) whether the projects under National Adaptation Fund for Climate Change (NAFCC) are decided based on the areas identified under the State Action Plan on Climate Change (SAPCC);
- (b) if  so,  the  areas  identified  as  most  vulnerable  by  Kerala's  State  Adaptation  Fund  for Climate Change 2023-2030 (Kerala's SAPCC 2.0);
- (c) whether it is true that NAFCC's sanctioned project in Kerala, (Promotion of Integrated Farming system of Kaipad Pokkali in Coastal Wetlands of Kerala) only includes two (Kannur and Alappuzha) of the nine identified districts; and
- (d) if  so,  whether  the  Union  Government  in  coordination  with  the  State  Government  of Kerala, is considering to sanction additional projects under the NAFCC covering other districts in Kerala identified as most vulnerable by the SAPCC?

## ANSWER

MINISTER  OF  STATE  IN  THE  MINISTRY  OF  ENVIRONMENT,  FOREST  AND CLIMATE CHANGE (SHRI KIRTI VARDHAN SINGH)

(a) One  of  the  major  objectives  of  the  National  Adaptation  Fund  for  Climate  Change (NAFCC) is to fund concrete climate adaptation projects/programmes aligned with the relevant Missions under National Action Plan on Climate Change (NAPCC) and the State Action Plans on Climate Change (SAPCCs) to address climate change related issues. The respective State Governments in alignment with their SAPCCs formulated projects under NAFCC.

(b) As  per  Kerala's  SAPCC  2.0,  the  following  districts  have  been  identified  as  highly vulnerable, sector wise:

-  Palakkad, Wayanad, Kasaragod, Idukki, Kozhikode, Malappuram, Kottayam, Kannur and Thiruvananthapuram in terms of agriculture sector;
-  Palakkad, Kasaragod, Idukki and Kollam in terms of livestock;
-  Kasaragod,  Kannur,  Malappuram  and  Thiruvananthapuram  in  terms  of  coastal fisheries;
-  Kollam, Kottayam, Wayanad and Kasaragod in terms of forest;
-  Kasaragod, Malappuram, and Palakkad in terms of human health;
-  Wayanad, Alappuzha, Kottayam and Kozhikode in terms of water sector.

(c) & (d) The NAFCC project 'Promotion of Integrated Farming System of Kaipad and Pokkali in  coastal  wetlands  of  Kerala'  was  implemented  in  the  districts  of  Kannur,  Alappuzha, Thrissur, and Ernakulam. The NAFCC was established in 2015 for scaling up of concrete and pilot adaptation interventions in alignment with NAPCC and SAPCCs. Various components of the individual projects financed under NAFCC meant towards achievement of that objective. Union Budget 2020-21 states that India is implementing its climate actions in various sectors through the normal budgetary process with the participatory support from the stakeholders. The learnings are mainstreamed into the respective SAPCCs.

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