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Dipak Dash, June 27, 2021: The Times of India

Ranking of 128 states in addressing climate change, 2019-20
From: Dipak Dash, June 27, 2021: The Times of India

Indian cities are becoming more climate conscious while planning and implementing projects, shows a comparative assessment done by the urban affairs ministry. Though none of the 126 cities assessed could get the 5-star rating, the number of cities improving their ratings in the past two years has increased significantly.

According to the “Climate Smart Cities Assessment Framework 2.0” (CSCAF 2.0) report released on Friday, only nine cities could get 4-Star rating and no city from North India could make it to this list. The nine cities are: Surat, Indore, Ahmedabad, Pune, Vijayawada, Rajkot, Visakhapatnam, Pimpri-Chinchwad and Vadodara.

The cities were ranked on five parameters of urban planning; green cover and biodiversity; energy and green buildings; mobility and air quality; and water management and waste management.

While in 2019, only four cities had got 4-star rating, last year the number increased to nine and the number of cities with 3-star rating increased from only four to 22. Similarly, the number of cities with 2- star rating increased from 25 in 2019 to 64 last year. The number of cities with the lowest 1-star rating fell from 66 to 33.

The report has put cities under “one Star” if they are in the early stages of development and yet to consider climate change or are in the process of conceptualising climate actions. “Four star” cities are those which have allocated budgets and initiated implementation of projects.

It said significant progress has been reported specifically in the themes of urban planning, green cover and biodiversity; energy and green buildings; and waste management.

According to the report, 10 of the126 cities are meeting over 15% of their electricity needs from renewable sources while 44 cities have initiated flood and water stagnation risk assessment. It said 44 cities have instituted the mechanism for processing 100% of collected wet waste and 87 cities have some form of air quality monitoring stations. About 35 cities have developed clean air action plans. It said no city could get 5-star in water management and mobility and air quality category.A maximum of 31cities got 5-star in waste management.