Mumbai's Climate Budget First In India, 4th In World
The Free Press Journal|June 06, 2024
With climate tech investments fast catching up across the world, the BMC, on the occasion of World Environment Day on June 5, launched its first Climate Budget Report for 2024-25.
SHEFALI PARAB-PANDIT
Mumbai's Climate Budget First In India, 4th In World

With this, it has become the first municipal corporation in the country and fourth in the world to release such a report. The other international cities are Oslo, New York and London, in that order.

Additional municipal commissioner Ashwini Joshi released the report at the BMC headquarters on Wednesday. It was announced that the civic body has allocated Rs10,224.24 crore for climate-relevant activities in Mumbai. This is nearly 32.18% of the capital expenditure of Rs31,774.59 crore.

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