The State Climate Change Cell (SCCC) of Mizoram was created on 25th November, 2014 with the financial support from the Climate Change Programme (CCP) Division (the then Strategic Programme Large Initiatives Coordinated Actions Enabler (SPLICE) and Climate Change Programme (CCP) Division) of Department of Science & Technology, Govt. of India through the National Mission for Sustaining the Himalayan
Ecosystem (NMSHE) of National Action Plan on Climate Change (NAPCC). The project Phase-I was completed by the end of FY2019-2020. The project Phase II (Strengthening the State Climate Change Cell under NMSHE (Phase 2) for the state of Mizoram) was then continued under the further support from the CCP division of DST, Govt. of India from FY 2021 to 2022. There are three project staff along with two project investigators currently working under the cell. The Mizoram SCCC has been functioning under the aegis of Mizoram Science, Technology & Innovation Council (MISTIC), Directorate of Science Technology, Govt. The Cell concentrates in implementation of its own project objectives whilst meeting the requirements of the mission objectives of the NMSHE under the National Action Plan on Climate Change (NAPCC), Government of India. Simultaneously, the Mizoram SCCC has been given the responsibility of a leading role by Government of Mizoram to implement the mission objectives of the Strategic Knowledge Mission (SKM) under the Mizoram State Action Plan on Climate Change (SAPCC). Since the inception of the Mizoram State Action Plan on Climate Change (SAPCC), the Mizoram SCCC has been an active member of the Mizoram State Climate Change Coordination Group (CCCG) coordinated by Environment, Forest & Climate Change Department, Government of Mizoram.
