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Chennai’s greenhouse state emissions successful 2050 are projected to summation by astir 4 times implicit 2018 levels — to 55.08 cardinal tonnes of CO₂ equivalent (tCO₂e) — if nary further mitigation measures are implemented, according to the Greater Chennai Corporation (GCC) ‘Climate Budget’ report.
To code this, the study released connected Monday stated that the GCC had identified projects astatine an estimated outgo of ₹7,200.53 crore, which is the cumulative expenditure required to plan, construct, and implicit these activities implicit aggregate fiscal years.
The study volition beryllium disposable connected the official website of the civic body.
The study is among the announcements made by Mayor R. Priya successful her Budget code successful 2025. Notably, for FY 2025-26, the GCC has earmarked ₹3,190.61 crore towards superior expenditure, of which ₹1,341.2 crore (42.04%) has been identified arsenic climate-relevant spending, the study said.
This inaugural Climate Budget study has been prepared by the GCC’s Financial Management Unit (FM Unit) with enactment from C40 Cities.
It spans 10 cardinal departments wrong the GCC and integrates clime budgeting into the civic body’s Enterprise Resource Planning (ERP) system, enabling systematic tracking of climate-related expenditure and strengthening organization accountability, according to the Corporation.
According to the Chennai City Climate Action Plan (CCAP) released earlier, the mean yearly maximum temperatures could summation by 4.4°C and yearly rainfall could emergence by up to 27% by 2050. Sea levels are projected to emergence by 0.11 metres by 2030 and 0.37 metres by 2050. For addressing this, the GCC aims for c neutrality and ‘water balance’ by 2050, the study said.
Targets for 2050
Specific targets for 2050 see a 100% renewable powerfulness for the grid, implicit electrification of the Metropolitan Transport Corporation (MTC) autobus fleet, and afloat decentralised discarded processing. By 2050, the Corporation besides intends to person each of the properties equipped with rainwater harvesting systems and each catastrophe alleviation centres rendered climate-resilient. In the FY 2025-26 Budget, allocations for municipality flooding and h2o scarcity absorption accounted for ₹834.75 crore (62.24%), the study noted. Apart from this, large ongoing projects see the operation of 1,168 km of storm-water drains crossed 9 zones, designed to grip rainfall of 68-72 mm per hour, astatine a outgo of ₹5,553.3 crore.
Waste absorption initiatives received ₹350.81 crore (26.15%), focusing connected the reclamation of bequest discarded done biomining astatine the Kodungaiyur (₹640.83 crore) and Perungudi (₹347.67 crore) dump yards.
Current task statuses bespeak that signifier 2 operation of the exemplary and astute schools with energy-efficient designs is 10% physically implicit and slated for decision successful June 2026, the study said.
The restoration of the Kadapakkam Lake to treble its h2o capableness is successful progress. New initiatives successful the readying signifier see the constitution of rainwater harvesting systems astatine each GCC parks and integrative baling centres successful 10 zones, the study added.
