Standard Operating Procedure (SOP) Executive Summary
Villages in India are vulnerable and at-risk of climate change impacts like increasing temperatures over
a longer duration, variation in intensity and frequency of rainfall, disasters like heatwaves, droughts,
and cold waves, etc. This further critically impacts agriculture, water resources/supply, health, energy,
livelihood, environment, and biodiversity in the Gram Panchayats. Thus, there is an urgent need to make
Gram Panchayats climate-proof, smart, resilient, and sustainable.