The Assam SAPCC envisages a sustainable and climate resilient development pathway through a synergistic combination of adaptation & mitigation measures with focus on research, appropriate technology, capacity creation and governance. The two basic premises underlying the Assam SAPCC are: National Priorities highlighted in NAPCC; and State-specific climate -related risks and opportunities. The Assam SAPCC is largely based on the available scientific literature and expert advice on the various response measures from representatives of various government departments and agencies.

A bill to provide for protection and fulfillment of rights in relation to health and well-being, health equity and justice, including those related to all the underlying departments of health as well as health care and for achieving the goal of health for all and for matters connected therewith or incidental thereto. This act may be called the Assam Public Health Act, 2010.