India: Modi’s bureaucrats "learn" about climate change | Latest News

In a first of its kind initiative, all 40 top officials of the Gujarat government Friday attended here a crash course on climate change on the directive of Chief Minister Narendra Modi.

The two-day course, which will also examine the impact of climate change and policies to meet the challenge, opened at The Energy and Resource Institute (TERI).

"Global terrorism and global warming are two major threats to mankind. I have brought all my top officers to learn about climate change and implement policies at the ground level," Modi said after inaugurating the workshop.
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As part of the orientation course, the officers will attend several lectures by eminent environmentalists like Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) chairman R.K. Pachauri and former environment secretary Prodipto Ghosh.

On the occasion, Gujarat and TERI signed an agreement to work jointly on missions specific to the state identified in National Action Plan on Climate Change in various fields.

Note that IPCC chief Pachauri also happens to be director-general of TERI.