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NAPCC and city resilience

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Battle IAS current affairs title card: NAPCC and city resilience (GS3 · Climate, 18 August 2025)

What happened

  • Under the National Action Plan on Climate Change, the National Mission for Sustainable Habitat aims to build city resilience to climate extremes [PIB, Parliament reply].

Background

  • Adaptation covers housing in coastal, flood and drought regions [PIB].

Why it matters

  • Cities need climate plans, not only disaster response.

How to use this in Mains

GS-III Conservation, environmental pollution and degradation, EIA

  1. As per PIB (2025-08-18): under the National Action Plan on Climate Change, the National Mission for Sustainable Habitat aims to build city resilience to climate extremes.
  2. Cities need climate plans, not only disaster response.
Quotable data point

Under the National Action Plan on Climate Change, the National Mission for Sustainable Habitat aims to build city resilience to climate extremes.

PIB: MoEFCC: PQ NAPCC, 18 Aug 2025

Exam angle

UPSC

Prelims: NAPCC missions.

Practice MCQs

Original practice questions (not PYQs).

Practice · UPSC

NMSH under NAPCC concerns

Answer (a) & explanation

PIB.

Go deeper

ExplainerParis Agreement (2015): Goals, NDCs, Article 6 Carbon Markets, Global Stocktake, Climate Finance and India’s Commitments (UPSC Notes + PYQs)ExplainerMontreal Protocol: Ozone Depletion, Vienna Convention, Kigali Amendment on HFCs and India’s Commitments (UPSC Notes + PYQs)

Official source: PIB: MoEFCC: PQ NAPCC, 18 Aug 2025

facts from cited sources only; faculty review pending