Chandigarh Adviser launches climate change monitoring dashboard

Chandigarh, April 12

In order to take action to fight climate change, UT Adviser Dharam Pal today launched the Chandigarh Climate Change Monitoring Dashboard.

The dashboard has been developed by the Department of Environment, UT, in collaboration with Deloitte Touche Tohmatsu, India LLP, to monitor climate change resilience actions in the city. The dashboard has been 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 being managed by the Climate Change Cell, Department of Environment.

The Adviser applauded the efforts of the Department of Environment and the team of Deloitte for creating the platform which would 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.

Nitin Kumar Yadav, Secretary (Environment), UT, emphasised the importance of integrating the data with information already available through other automated platforms developed by the Chandigarh Administration.

Giving information about the initiative, Debendra Dalai, Director Environment, UT, shared that it would greatly help the city administration in aligning with global and national reporting requirements.

Appreciating the initiative, 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.