Mumbai, Nov 26 (KNN)  With a view to training consultants to disseminate information about climate change and its impact on businesses among entrepreneurs particularly from the MSME sector, as well as students, a workshop cum seminar will be held here.

Organised by Gujarat Institute of Competitiveness and GIZ-Germany with AIPMA (All India Plastic Manufacturers Association) as event partner, the Climate Change SME opportunities and Benefits Programme will be held on November-29 at AIPMA House, according to an official release.

“As a part of the program, we would like to create awareness, sensitise and train consultants for further propagation and dissemination of  Climate change related information and its impact on our daily lives and businesses, to various stakeholders in the society mainly MSMEs (Micro, Small and Medium Enterprises) and our future generation i.e. students,” it said.

The Climate Change program provides for risk mitigation and adaptation techniques to identify risks and opportunities relevant to businesses predominantly. 

The event comprises a consultant’s workshop in the first half of the day where participants will be introduced to climate change – business imperatives; and consulting tools and techniques for benefiting SMEs. 

The SME owner’s seminar will follow in the afternoon.  Here too, entrepreneurs will be introduced to climate change – business imperatives; and how SMEs can benefit from climate change.

Climate change has brought about severe and possibly permanent alterations to the planet’s geological, biological and ecological systems. The Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) contended in 2003 that “there is new and stronger evidence that most of the warming observed over the last 50 years is attributable to human activities”. These changes have led to the emergence of large-scale environmental hazards to human health, such as extreme weather, ozone depletion, loss of bio-diversity, stresses to food-producing systems and the global spread of infectious diseases.

Gujarat Institute of Competitiveness aims to train companies and individuals on issues related to climate change.  (KNN/ES)