Brief Description of Consultant Activities:

Policy and research inputs to support West Bengal’s climate action planning esp. focusing on revision of the State Action Plan on Climate Change (SAPCC)

• Conduct primary assessments of the region through primary and secondary studies, and high-level stakeholder consultations in order to develop an understanding of the state and identify opportunities and challenges.
• Facilitate climate change efforts at the state level: Work through the Nodal or relevant department to facilitate the integration of climate change into planning processes, identify departments where there is a strong demand to address issues of climate change and provide requisite support for the revision of West Bengal’s State Action Plan on Climate Change (SAPCC) through knowledge exchange, research support or technical connect. This would also include connecting departments with key climate initiatives including but not limited to clean energy transition across the heavy emitting sectors, state adaptation plans, sustainable transportation, climate-smart agriculture, etc.
• Carry out secondary research in climate change issues
• Support the state’s Environmental Plan and Policies (ideally engage with the environment Department and other key departments) via regular knowledge dissemination and policy inputs on strategically important initiatives of the state through a multi-stakeholder platform. Support the State Environment Dept. to maintain a close liaison with the stakeholder Departments for obtaining all relevant information and help in analyzing and structuring the available information from Departments as well as research materials available in various academic, social and key organizations for the revision of the SAPCC.