Shimla, Feb. 21 -- Himachal Chief Secretary Prabodh Saxena on Thursday presided over the orientation workshop for Thematic Working Groups (TWGs) for preparing the State Human Development Report (SHDR) to examine the impact of climate change and variability on human development in the State, organized the Department of Environment, Science Technology & Climate Change in partnership with the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP). He said that Himachal Pradesh will be the first state in the country to have this type of study.
Saxena said that the report would be helpful to analyze how changing climate patterns are affecting key human development indicators like health, agriculture and allied sectors like water and forestry, tourism and ...