Today the whole world is convinced that climate change is a reality. The underlying reason for this is the uncontrolled increase in the amount of greenhouse gases in the atmosphere. There are scientific solutions to this. But political intervention and methods accepted by the public are essential factors for its implementation. The country and states are committed to taking steps to reduce the amount of greenhouse gases and reach a level of net zero carbon. Our country is trying to achieve the goal of net zero emissions by 2070. Kerala is working towards achieving this goal by 2050 itself. The people of Kerala are now directly experiencing some of the major effects of climate change such as extreme rainfall, floods and the resultant landslides, unusual sunburn and sunstroke during the summers, and crop losses caused by unseasonal rains. Simple activities and habits that can be easily done by everyone along with meticulous and complex execution are essential to reach net-zero emission. These activities should not adversely affect the daily lives of the people and should improve the livelihood and living standards of the local population. Kerala is a state in which the decentralized administration of governance system has been successfully and efficiently implemented. The local self governments can intervene effectively in the climate change prevention work and create awareness among the people in this regard.

Net Zero Carbon Kerala is an initiative by the Haritha Keralam Mission as part of the Nava Keralam Action Plan with the aim of helping the local self-governing bodies and promoting lifestyles that reduce carbon emissions through people's activities. The activity is being initiated on the basis of an implementation roadmap formulated by a collective of experts, administrators and environmentalists based on the state government's stated objective.