Aurangabad Dec 23 PTI An action plan for Aurangabad in Maharashtra will be formulated by 2023 to prepare the city to handle climate risks and vulnerabilities and one of the programmes key components will be reduction in emission of greenhouse gases civic officials said on ThursdayThe Aurangabad Municipal Corporation AMC and the Aurangabad Smart City Development Corporation ASCDCL have hired World Resources Institute India WRI to prepare the citys climate action planA letter of intent LoI in this regard was signed on Wednesday an official release saidAstik Kumar Pandey Municipal Commissioner and Administrator and CEO of Aurangabad Smart City had an online discussion with WRI representatives During the discussion WRIs Lubaina Rangwala said Heavy rainfall rising temperatures desertification droughts and landslides were all caused by climate change A timely planned programme is needed to prepare the city for the climate risks and vulnerabilities And this is why WRI wants to create a climate action plan for the city of Aurangabad Rangwala saidThe climate action plan of Aurangabad will have two main parts The first is reducing emission of greenhouse gases or critical pollutants and the second is to enhancing city and community capacities to cope with climate change the release saidAccording to the agreement WRI will provide a 30-year action plan for the city by 2023 in five phases an official saidCommissioner Pandey said the corporation would set up a dedicated climate change cell under a deputy commissioner-level official PTI AW RSY RSY