State Action Plan on Climate Change (Bihar SAPCC), 2015. Country/Territory India Territorial subdivision Bihar Document type Date 2015 Source FAO, FAOLEX Subject Agricultural & rural development, Energy, Environment gen., Forestry, Water Keyword Climate change Agricultural development Business/industry/corporations Disasters Land-use planning Capacity building Community management Data collection/reporting Environmental planning Coastal zone management Education Farming Gender Governance Institution Monitoring Policy/planning Public health Recycling/reuse Risk assessment/management Social protection Waste management Agro-forestry Afforestation/reforestation Forest management/forest conservation Freshwater resources management Water supply Geographical area Asia, ASIA AND THE PACIFIC, Indian Ocean, South Asian Seas, Southern Asia Abstract The Bihar State Action Plan for Climate Change (Bihar SAPCC) has been formulated as a framework document with reference to the contours of the National Action Plan for Climate Change (NAPCC) formulated in 2008. It incorporates the tenets therein viz. Sustainable development, Co-benefits to society at large, Focus on adaptation, and mitigation and scientific research. It is also aligned with the focus areas/missions of NAPCC: Sustainable Agriculture, Water Resources, Forests & Biodiversity, Energy, Sustainable Habitat and Strategic Knowledge for Climate Change. Attempts have been made to incorporate the state specific traits, aspects and factors in profiling of the climate change scenarios, the vulnerability assessments and identifying the strategic and programmatic interventions and activities for adaptation and mitigation. In formulation of SAPCC, the UNDP consultants engaged by MoEF&CC, Govt. of India were associated after the first workshop held in 2011 and they initially steered and assisted in the preparation of the document from the first framework paper in 2012 till the final version was drafted after a consultative workshop in December 2014 and adopted by State Steering Committee in January 2015. The task has been accomplished over several rounds of interactions with and inputs from the designated nodal officers of the focus sector departments and reference to the SAPCC documents of some of the States endorsed by MoEF&CC, Govt. of India Full text English Website forest.bih.nic.in