Tamil Nadu
Climate Action Tracker
Data-Backed, District-Led Blueprint for Climate Action
Launch Date: 31st October 2025
Climate Action Tracker
Data-Backed, District-Led Blueprint for Climate Action Launch Date: 31st October 2025
This section presents key interventions and their targets for reducing carbon emissions in
Ramanathapuram district,
with approximate mitigation potential for 2030 and 2050.
| Sr. No. | Key Intervention | Activity/Target | Target for Year 2030 | Annual Mitigation Potential upto 2030 (ktCO₂e/yr) |
Progress | Annual Mitigation Realised (ktCO₂e) | Additional Target for Year 2040 | Annual Mitigation Potential upto 2040 (ktCO₂e/yr) | Progress | Annual Mitigation Realised (ktCO₂e) | Additional Target for Year 2050 | Annual Mitigation Potential upto 2050 (ktCO₂e/yr) | Progress | Annual Mitigation Realised (ktCO₂e) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| A | Decarbonising the Energy Sector | |||||||||||||
| A.1 | Shift from Fossil-Fuel to RE Based Captive Power Generation | Replacing/tying up PPAs from existing ~87 MW fossil-fuel based Captive Power Plants (CPPs) to equivalent renewable energy capacity of ~156 MW (solar, wind and GH2) by 2050. | ~40% of the existing tied up capacity (equivalent RE capacity 65 MW) | 87 (4.84%) |
- | - | 30% additional capacity (equivalent RE capacity ~50 MW) | 154 (9.26%) |
- | - | 30% of the balance (equivalent RE capacity 50 MW) | 209 (11.97%) |
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| A.2 | Use of Electric Cookstoves in Cooking | Adoption of ~0.72 lakh electric cookstoves in residential cooking by 2050. | 0.37 lakh | 14 (0.78%) |
- | - | 0.3 lakh additional | 25 (1.5%) |
- | - | 0.04 lakh additional | 29 (1.66%) |
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| A.3 | Use of Biogas in Residential Sector (Livestock Waste) | Installing a biogas plant of approx 15000 m³/day capacity, considering 50% realization of total potential of 30000 m³/day till 2050. | 20% of the total capacity | 6 (0.33%) |
- | - | 50% of the remaining | 20 (1.2%) |
- | - | 30% of the remaining | 28 (1.6%) |
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| A.4 | Replacement of Diesel Pumps with Solar Pumps for Irrigation | Conversion of 55287 diesel pumps to off-grid solar pumps by 2050. | 20% of the target | 3 (0.17%) |
- | - | 40% additional | 10 (0.6%) |
- | - | 40% remaining target | 16 (0.92%) |
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| A.5 | Use of EV Tractors and Tillers for Agriculture Land Preparation | Electrifying ~1400 tractors and tillers with EV by 2050. | NA | 0 | - | - | 600 | 2 (0.12%) |
- | - | 800 | 5 (0.29%) |
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| A.6 | Replacement of HSD by Biodiesel in Diesel Generators / Backup Supply / Renewable-based Backup Supply Support | Replacement of HSD by Biodiesel in Diesel Generator for Backup Supply / Renewable based Backup Supply Support
a. Exploring biodiesel availability production in the district (assessment) b. Pilot implementation of biodiesel use in commercial DG sets / RE based backup supply support c. Using biodiesels in all the DG sets in the districts |
To be assessed | |||||||||||
| B | Shift to Electric Mobility | |||||||||||||
| B.1 | Shift to EV 2 Wheeler | Increasing the share of EV 2W sales to achieve 100% penetration (upto ~1.8 lakh EV by 2050). | 0.03 lakh | 1.42 (0.08%) |
- | - | 0.28 lakh additional | 13 (0.78%) |
- | - | 1.49 lakh | 22 (1.26%) |
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| B.2 | Shift to EV 3 Wheeler | Increasing the share of EV 3W sales to achieve 100% penetration (upto ~6000 EV 3W by 2050). | ~300 | 0.415 (0.02%) |
- | - | 1500 additional | 2.3 (0.14%) |
- | - | 4200 additional | 4 (0.23%) |
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| B.3 | Shift to EV 4 Wheeler | Increasing the share of EV 4W sales to achieve 100% penetration (upto ~0.48 lakh EV 4W by 2050). | ~500 | 1.17 (0.07%) |
- | - | 5000 additional | 10 (0.6%) |
- | - | 43000 additional | 23 (1.32%) |
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| B.4 | Shift to EV Buses | Increasing the share of EV buses in sales to achieve 100% penetration (upto ~600 EV buses by 2050). | 100 | 6 (0.33%) |
- | - | 400 additional | 27 (1.62%) |
- | - | 100 additional | 31 (1.78%) |
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| B.5 | Shift to Electric Heavy Goods Vehicles (HGV) | Increasing the share of electric heavy goods vehicles (trucks, trolleys) in sales to achieve 80% penetration (upto ~500 HGV by 2050). | 20 | 146 (0.08%) |
- | - | 250 additional | 20 (1.2%) |
- | - | 200 additional | 38 (2.18%) |
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| B.6 | Creation of Charging Infrastructure | Installation of ~400 charging stations in total by 2050. | 33 | NA | - | - | 140 | NA | - | - | 400 | NA | - | - |
| B.7 | Electrification of Mechanized and Motorized Fishing Vessels | Electrifying ~1300 mechanized and motorized fishing vessels by 2050. | 900 | 35 (1.95%) |
- | - | 1171 | 80 (4.87%) |
- | - | 1,158 | 125 (7.16%) |
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| C | Decarbonization of the Industry | |||||||||||||
| C.1 | Exploring Electrification of Heating Processes in Industries to Replace Fossil Fuel Consumption (Furnace Oil, HSD, etc.) | Identification of heating processes for electrification by 2050. | 25% of the target | 4 (0.22%) |
- | - | 20% additional | 10 (0.6%) |
- | - | 55% of the remaining target | 17 (0.97%) |
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| Total Scope 1 Mitigation Potential (ktCO2e) | 159 (8.86%) | 373.2 (22.46%) | 548 (31.33%) | |||||||||||
| Sr. No. | Key Intervention | Activity/Target | Target for Year 2030 |
Annual Mitigation Potential upto 2030 (ktCO2e/yr) |
Progress | Annual Mitigation Realised (ktCO2e) | Additional Target for Year 2040 | Annual Mitigation Potential upto 2040 (ktCO2e/yr) | Progress | Annual Mitigation Realised (ktCO2e) | Additional Target for Year 2050 | Annual Mitigation Potential upto 2050 (ktCO2e/yr) | Progress | Annual Mitigation Realised (ktCO2e) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| A | Addition of Renewable Energy (RE) capacity to meet the domestic electricity demand at district level |
Additional RE capacity integration of 1GW (in addition to existing RE capacity of 1.05GW) a. Potential Assessment for various RE sources including rooftop solar, utility scale, wind, floating solar, agro PV and others b. Installation as per assessment |
NA | 0.00 | - | - | 0.25 GW of the additional RE capacity integration target | 383 | - | - | 0.75 GW of the remaining RE capacity integration target | 1,150 | - | - |
| B | Energy Efficiency (EE) improvements | Installation of ~4 lakh 3/5 star EE ACs in residential spaces to replace old/inefficient ACs | 1.9 lakh | 48 | - | - | 1.2 lakh | 25 | - | - | 0.9 lakh | 22 | - | - |
| Installation of 3/5 star EE refrigeration units up to a total of 4.2 lakh by 2050 | 2.74 lakh | 4 | - | - | 1.24 lakh | 6 | - | - | 0.22 lakh | 1 | - | - | ||
| Replacing existing ~7.3 lakh incandescent/CFL bulbs and tubelights with LED in residential space by 2030 | 100% | 2 | - | - | NA | 2 | - | - | NA | 1 | - | - | ||
| Replacing ~0.5 lakh street lights with LED lights by 2030 | 100% | 21 | - | - | NA | 0 | - | - | NA | 0 | - | - | ||
| Adoption of ~5.76 lakh BLDC fan by 2030, to a total of ~6 lakh by 2050 | 5.76 lakh | 2 | - | - | 0.15 lakh | 2 | - | - | 0.09lakh | 0 | - | - | ||
| C | Utilizing biodegradable waste to generate electricity | Installation of waste-to-energy plant of 1 MW (the plant will require ~30 tons waste per day) by 2030 | 100% | 5 | - | - | NA | 0 | - | - | NA | 0 | - | - |
| Total Scope 2 Mitigation Potential (ktCO2e) | 77.0 | 417.6 | 1,175 | |||||||||||
| Sr. No. | Key Intervention | Activity/Target | Target for Year 2030 | Annual Mitigation Potential upto 2030 (ktCO2e/yr) |
Progress | Annual Mitigation Realised (ktCO2e) | Additional Target for Year 2040 | Annual Mitigation Potential upto 2040 (ktCO2e/yr) | Progress | Annual Mitigation Realised (ktCO2e) | Additional Target for Year 2050 | Annual Mitigation Potential upto 2050 (ktCO2e/yr) | Progress | Annual Mitigation Realised (ktCO2e) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| D | Waste Management in the region | |||||||||||||
| D.1 | Domestic Wastewater Management | Set up adequate centralized wastewater treatment plants for urban | Facility to treat 56 MLD of wastewater | 36 (2.00%) |
- | - | Facility to treat additional 15 MLD wastewater | 48 (2.89%) |
- | - | Additional maintenance | 48 (2.76%) |
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| D.2 | Enhancing decentralized treatment | Retrofitting unsanitary septic tanks and unlined hole in the ground with leach pit or twin-pit septic tanks at household level for 119493 households | - | - | Retrofitting unsanitary septic tanks and unlined hole in the ground with leach pit or twin-pit septic tanks at household level for 51211 households | - | - | Additional maintenance | - | - | ||||
| D.3 | Setting up Fecal Sludge Treatment Plant (FSTP) at firka level | 27 FSTPs for 27 firkas | - | - | 11 FSTP for remaining 11 firkas | - | - | Additional maintenance | - | - | ||||
| D.4 | Increase household connections to underground drainage | 70% Households to be connected with UGD | - | - | 100 % Households to be connected with UGD | - | - | Additional maintenance | - | - | ||||
| D.5 | Industrial wastewater management | Setting up of ETPs and continuous treated effluent monitoring system | Facility to treat 4 MLD | 2 (0.09%) |
- | - | Maintenance and additional facilities if required | 3 (0.18%) |
- | - | Maintenance and additional capacity if required | 5 (0.28%) |
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| D.6 | Solid waste management | Dry waste recycling centre | 1. 27 recycling centres for 27 firkas at village level 2. 1 recycling centre per 1 lakh population ( total 6 recycling centres ) |
2 (0.13%) |
- | - |
1. 11 recycling centres for remaining 11 firkas at village level 2. 2 additional recycling centre ( total 8 recycling centres ) |
7 (0.42%) |
- | - | Maintenance and additional capacity if required | 8 (0.49%) |
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| D.7 | Composting Centres | 6 composting centres (1 per Lakh population) | - | - | 2 additional composting centres (total 07) | - | - | Maintenance and additional capacity if required | - | - | ||||
| D.8 | Stakeholder capacity building and awareness generation for holistic sustainable waste management | Ongoing initiative | - | - | Ongoing initiative | - | - | Ongoing initiative | - | - | ||||
| Total Mitigation Potential of Waste Management | 40 (2.22%) | 58 (3.49%) | - | 61 (3.53%) | - | |||||||||
| E | Sustainable Agriculture Practices | |||||||||||||
| E.1 | Modern Cultivation Techniques | Use of organic fertilizer and compost in place of urea in agricultural production | 15% agriculture area transitioned to organic fertilizer | 25 (1.40%) |
- | - | 45% agriculture area transitioned to organic fertilizer | 97 (5.83%) |
- | - | 75% agriculture area transitioned to organic fertilizer | 207 (11.83%) |
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| E.2 | Use of nano urea in place of urea in agricultural production | 30% of urea requirement met through nano urea | - | - | 55% of urea requirement met through nano urea | - | - | 25% of urea requirement met through nano urea | - | - | ||||
| E.3 | Capacity building programmes can be conducted through Krishi Vigyan Kendra for creating awareness on climate resilient practices | Can be an ongoing initiative | NA | - | - | Can be an ongoing initiative | NA | - | - | Can be an ongoing initiative | NA | - | - | |
| E.4 | Establish local network of mini weather monitoring stations to monitor rainfall and temperature as well as to forecast extreme weather conditions - this can help inform farmers of appropriate sowing, harvesting and irrigation timings | 27 mini weather monitoring stations | NA | - | - | 11 mini weather monitoring stations | NA | - | - | Additional maintenance | NA | - | - | |
| E.5 | Emission Reduction from Rice Cultivation | Increase the percentage of multiple aeration in the rice cultivated area | Increase in multiple aeration from 20% to 27% | 20 (1.09%) |
- | - | Increase in multiple aeration from 20% to 51% | 87 (5.24%) |
- | - | Increase in multiple aeration from 20% to 77% | 178 (10.19%) |
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| E.6 | Livestock management | Feed inputs for livestock - Tamarin Plus and Harit Dhara and balanced rationing to reduce methane emissions from enteric fermentation. Implementation of GOBARdhan scheme for manure management. | Balanced rationing introduced in 30% and improved feed supplements like Harit Dhara and Tamrin plus in 25% of livestock. 90% reduction in manure management emissions through GOBAR Dhan scheme | 17 (0.92%) |
- | - | Balanced rationing introduced in 60% and improved feed supplements like Harit Dhara and Tamrin plus in 50% of livestock. 90% reduction in manure management emissions through GOBAR Dhan scheme | 40 (2.43%) |
- | - | Balanced rationing introduced in 90% and improved feed supplements like Harit Dhara and Tamrin plus in 75% of livestock. 90% reduction in manure management emissions through GOBAR Dhan scheme | 71 (4.09%) |
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| Total Mitigation Potential of Sustainable Agriculture Practices | 62 (3.41%) | 224 (13.5%) | 456 (26.11%) | |||||||||||
| F | Green Spaces and Carbon Sequestration | |||||||||||||
| F.1 | Restoration and Conservation of Existing Forest Area and Tree cover | Maintaining the current carbon stock densities to ensure the carbon sequestration of -102 t CO₂e per year | Strengthening protection around existing reserved forest areas with additional measures of protection like: strengthening the fencing; eliminating encroachment; levying penalty on defaulters; etc. | 0.150.01% | - | - | Strengthening protection around existing reserved forest areas with additional measures of protection like: strengthening the fencing; eliminating encroachment; levying penalty on defaulters; etc. | 0.150.01% | - | - | Strengthening protection around existing reserved forest areas with additional measures of protection like: strengthening the fencing; eliminating encroachment; levying penalty on defaulters; etc. | 0.150.01% | - | - |
| F.2 | Promoting social and agroforestry in land classified as barren or fallow, land put to non-agricultural uses or cultivable waste land | Social and agroforestry in 24899 ha. In the subsequent years, continuous monitoring and maintenance of the plantations need to be undertaken | 137 (7.61%) |
- | - | Social and agroforestry in additional 34859 ha. In the subsequent years, continuous monitoring and maintenance of the plantations need to be undertaken | 466 (28.01%) |
- | - | Social and agroforestry in additional 39839 ha. In the subsequent years, continuous monitoring and maintenance of the plantations need to be undertaken | 876 (50.20%) |
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| F.3 | Enhancing Carbon Stock Density | Enhancement of carbon stock density by 2% increase from 82.25 t/ha to 83.75 t/ha | 33 (1.84%) |
- | - | Enhancement of carbon stock density by 4% increase from 82.25 t/ha to 85.26 t/ha | 13.36 (0.80%) |
- | - | Enhancement of carbon stock density by 5.5% increase from 82.25 t/ha to 86.76 t/ha | 13.36 (0.76%) |
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| F.4 | Restoration of Blue Carbon Coastal Systems | Restoration of mangroves | Restoring 61 Ha of mangrove forests | 5.6 (0.31%) |
- | - | Restoring additional 91 Ha of mangrove forests | 14 (0.84%) |
- | - | Restoring additional 152 Ha of mangrove forests | 28 (1.60%) |
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| F.5 | Enhancing seagrass and sea weed stretch | Enhancement of seagrass and seaweed both by 4 sq km | 5.3 (0.29%) |
- | - | Enhancement of seagrass and seaweed both by additional 6 sq.km | 13.2 (0.79%) |
- | - | Enhancement of seagrass and seaweed both by additional 10 sq.km | 26.3 (1.51%) |
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| Total Mitigation Potential of Green Spaces and Carbon Sequestration | 181 (10.08%) | 506 (30.46%) | 944 (54.08%) | |||||||||||
