Department of Environment, Chandigarh Administration organized a programme for Launching of Chandigarh Climate Change Monitoring Dashboard at Conference Hall, Ground Floor, UT Secretariat, Sector 9, Chandigarh. Sh.Dharam Pal, IAS, Adviser to the Administrator, Chandigarh Administration was the Chief Guest.
The Chandigarh Climate Monitoring Dashboard has been developed by Department of Environment, Chandigarh administration in collaboration with Deloitte Touche Tohmatsu, India LLP to monitor climate change resilience actions in the city. The Dashboard is developed under the “Smart Urban Development in Indian States (SmUDI)” programme funded by Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office, Government of United Kingdom. The dashboard system is owned and managed by Climate Change Cell, Department of Environment, Chandigarh Administration.
The Chief Guest launched the Dashboard and applauded the efforts of Departments of Environment, Chandigarh and the team of Deloitte Touche Tohmatsu, India LLP for creating this platform which will help in making climate sensitive decisions for Chandigarh by highlighting the actionable issues and areas that need to be worked upon to combat climate change.
Sh.Nitin Kumar Yadav, IAS, Secretary (Environment), Chandigarh, emphasized the importance of integrating the data with information already available through other automated platforms developed by the Chandigarh Administration, such as the Integrated Command Control Centre, SCADA, and others, which may aid in taking more proactive actions and solutions to combat Climate Change.
Giving information about the initiative, Sh.Debendra Dalai, CCF-cum-Director Environment, Chandigarh Administration shared that this will greatly help the city administration in aligning with Global and National reporting requirements, viz. for United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC) and Climate Smart Cities Assessment Framework by Ministry of Housing and Urban Affairs (MoHUA), GoI.
Appreciating the initiative, Ms.Caroline Rowett, British Deputy High Commissioner, Chandigarh addressed the audience and shared the benefits of advances in data management to improve monitoring of the climate change indicators. The strategy will facilitate in the development of a common reporting framework to enable effective decision-making in the domain of climate change resilience in the city.
A brief presentation on the ‘overview of the dashboard and the next steps’ was given by Elogix, Deloitte Touche Tohmatsu, India LLP. The event ended with the Vote of Thanks by the Worthy Adviser to the British Deputy High Commission, the Commonwealth and Development Office, the team of Deloitte Touche Tohmatsu, India LLP, the Members from various stakeholder Departments.
