Maharasthta Joins U2 Coalition – Burning Issues

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Which Indian states are part of the Under 2 Coalition to fight climate change?

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Recently, Maharashtra has become the 5th state in India to join the “Under2 Coalition” to fight the climate change.
Apart from Maharashtra, four states other states part of U2 Coalition are Chhattisgarh, Jammu & Kashmir, Telangana and West Bengal.

U2 Coalition is mobilising global state and regional leadership on net-zero ambition through the Net Zero Futures project. It started as a MoU which was signed by 12 founding jurisdictions in 2015 in Sacramento, California.
The Climate Group (TCG) is the secretariat to the Under2 Coalition and works with governments. TCG is an international non-profit body founded in 2003.
The Under2 Coalition has five co-chairs who guide the direction of its policies at California, South Chungcheong, KwaZulu-Natal, Querétaro and Scotland.

Under2 Coalition aims to accelerate climate action through four workstreams
1. Pathways : To provide technical support and resources to members
2. Policy action : To share policy innovation and successes
3. Transparency : To increase accountability
4. Diplomacy : To support climate diplomacy

Where does funding come from?
1. The Under2 Coalition’s five largest sources of funding in the last financial year were:
  1. Foundations – 43%
  2. Government grants – 21%
  3. Corporate sponsorship – 19%
  4. Corporate membership – 8%
  5. Government membership – 4%
2. The Under2 Coalition includes over 300 multinational businesses in 140 markets worldwide mainly working to reduce emissions.

Maharashtra faces high climate risk with a seven-fold increase in the frequency of drought events and a six-fold increase in extreme floods in the last five decades.
The Maharashtra state’s climate action policy entails detailed plans on climate change mitigation and threats associated with sea-level rise for coastal areas.

The memorandum of understanding (MoU) signed between Maharashtra and the Under2 Coalition is not a legally binding commitment, and does not place any financial obligations on the state.