Jharkhand, Mizoram, Orissa, Chhattisgarh,Assam, Bihar, Arunachal Pradesh and West Bengal, mostly eastern part of India, are highly vulnerable toclimate change, said the first of its kind national level state and district-wise Climate vulnerability assessment report, released by the science & technology ministry on Saturday. It showedMaharashtraas the least vulnerable state in the country.
It noted that Assam, Bihar, and Jharkhand have, in fact, over 60% districts in the category of ‘highly vulnerable’ districts with Karimganj in Assam being the most vulnerable.
The report titled Climate Vulnerability Assessment for Adaptation Planning in India Using a Common Framework noted that all districts or states are vulnerable, but some are relatively more
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