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Karnataka

Spans the Western Ghats biodiversity hotspot, the dry Deccan Plateau and a 94-island Karavali coast home to 30,713 fishing families. Bidar, Gulbarga, Bijapur, Koppal, Gadag, Bagalkote and Yadgir face the highest agricultural vulnerability; Bengaluru's urban heat, declining groundwater, sea-level rise and shifting forest types in Bijapur–Hassan shape diverse climate exposure.

Nodal Department:Environment Department

7

Missions

57

Activities

40

Indicators

22

Departments

State Profile

Districts

30

Area

191,791 km²

Population

61.1 Million

Coastline

320 km

Climate Zones

1

Avg Temperature

25°C

Annual Rainfall

1,150 mm

Forest Cover

38,575 km²

Karnataka's Progress on NAPCC Indicators

National Solar Mission · Showing 1 of 1 indicators

IndicatorUnitCurrent StatusTarget by 2030ProgressBaseline ValueLast UpdatedAction
Total Solar Power Deployment in the country
unitAwaiting data2920%49.351 Dec 2025

About Karnataka SAPCC

SAPCC Overview

Karnataka's revised SAPCC (V.2) updates V.1 against MoEFCC's revised framework, prepared by EMPRI with sectoral inputs and review from IISc, CSTEP, TERI and other experts. District-level projections use a bias-corrected ensemble of 15 CORDEX models. The plan adopts a green-growth roadmap aligned with India's NDCs and SDGs across nine sectors — Energy, Transport, Industry, Agriculture, Animal Husbandry, Fisheries, Forest, Health and Water Resources.

Climate profile

  • Summer maximum rose 0.18–0.61°C and winter minimum 0.30–0.65°C over 1985–2015; annual rainfall up to +25% (1987–2016), with 20–25% rise in the Western Ghats.
  • Summer maximum projected +0.5–1.5°C in the 2030s and +1–2.5°C in the 2080s under RCP 4.5/8.5; winter minimum +0.5–2.5°C and +1–2.5°C.
  • Mean annual rainfall projected +5.16–10.55% (RCP 4.5) and +8.85–17.24% (RCP 8.5) across 2021–60; high-intensity (>100 mm/day) events +1–2/year; drought years declining.

Climate stress at a glance

  • Bidar, Gulbarga, Bijapur, Koppal, Gadag, Bagalkote and Yadgir are most agriculturally vulnerable; >50% of the state has soil water-availability capacity below 100 mm.
  • 23 of 94 coastal islands are inhabited — SLR threatens jettys, wharfs and fish-landing facilities; the coast hosts 30,713 fishing families and 0.167 Million fisherfolk.
  • InfoCrop projects productivity gain in chickpea, cotton, maize, sugarcane but loss in rice, sorghum, soybean, redgram, ragi, wheat, groundnut; forest dieback in Bijapur, Raichur, Koppal, Bellary, Chitradurga, Kodagu, Hassan.