The primary goal of the Roadmap is to embed a robust, standardised methodology for assessing climate co-benefits (CCoBs) within urban forestry (UF) programmes in Tamil Nadu, thereby ensuring accountability, transparency, and scalability of UF interventions in the state. It seeks to provide a structured framework through which state-level schemes, state missions, and sectoral policies can institutionalise the measurement and reporting of mitigation and adaptation cobenefits. Specifically, the roadmap will:

• Define actionable roles and responsibilities for government agencies, urban local bodies (ULBs), and private actors in Tamil Nadu;
• Establish short-, medium-, and long-term pathways for mainstreaming CCoB assessment in the state;
• Enable systematic capacity building and data-driven monitoring mechanisms.