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Preface

C S R Murthy
Chief General Manager
FSDD, NABARD

Since its inception, NABARD has resource management projects and to address the challenges, assess
been playing a pivotal role to develop adherence to duciary standards, vulnerable areas and sectors for
the agricultural and rural sector of NABARD was accredited as prioritization of climate actions,
the country through the series of National Implementing Entity and develop climate action
measures viz. socio-economic (NIE) for Adaptation Fund (AF), strategies. Currently, there are 40
development programmes related to Green Climatic Fund (GCF) and climate change projects under way
rural infrastructure, sustainable National Adaptation Fund for with a total nancial outlay of Rs.
management of natural resources, Climate Change (NAFCC). As an 1,853 crore.
sustainable livelihood, gender NIE, role of NABARD includes
equality, skill development, identication, formulation and is ipbook is a compilation of
sanitation, renewable energy etc. implementation of climate change climate change projects of
Simultaneously, NABARD became projects; ensure to meet the criteria NABARD to showcase the various
the leader in natural resource adopted by funds; ensure quality in mitigation and adaptation
management and livelihood support operations and accountability for interventions carried out under AF,
through initiatives like Watershed implementing projects; GCF and NAFCC. I am condent
Development programmes covering management, operation, and use of that the same would be useful to
about 2.46 million ha, and funds for activities based on policy makers and other
sustainable livelihood initiatives established duciary standards; stakeholders for replicating and
(viz; Tribal Development Fund), ensure appropriate monitoring, upscaling the successful
which impacted about 0.59 million independent evaluation, and interventions.
tribal families. Several of these nancial audits of all funded I would like to express my sincere
interventions have direct relevance activities. thanks to GIZ Team in designing
to climate action and achieving this digital dossier and also for the
sustainable development goals NABARD has been working in continued support in various
(SDGs). accordance with the goals of initiatives of NABARD.
National Action Plan on Climate
In view of the long-standing Change(NAPCC) and State Action
experience in implementing natural Plan on Climate Change (SAPCC)

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Climate Change Interventions of
NABARD – A Glimpse