Emission
The task force, set up in July, is chaired by chief minister DK Shivakumar and has 20 members. Because climate change is affecting the huge horticultural hub, tripathi said govt prioritised Kolar.
“We have a vision of taking net zero to urban local bodies and districts, and Kolar is one of the first districts for which we are trying to develop a net zero plan,” Upendra Tripathi, vice-chairperson of the task force, told TOI on the sidelines of a climate action event organised by Centre for Study of Science, Technology and Policy (CSTEP) as part of Bengaluru Climate Data Week. It should take three things into account: Global warming, pollution problems and biodiversity loss,” Tripathi said. He said forest and ecology department is already working on a net zero report and that an exclusive one on Bengaluru is being prepared. There are a lot of agro-climatic zones in the town and it is close to Bengaluru,” he said.
“Karnataka’s vision for net zero is that it shouldn’t merely be a carbon budget. “There is a mango crisis there; prices had crashed.