Lok Sabha Question No. 4100 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2018-08-10
Subject: Threat of Global Warming
Ministry: ENVIRONMENT,  FORESTS AND CLIMATE CHANGE
Asked by: SADASHIV KISAN LOKHANDE

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA MINISTRY OF ENVIRONMENT, FOREST AND CLIMATE CHANGE

## LOK SABHA

## UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 4100 TO BE ANSWERED ON 10.08.2018

## Threat of Global Warming

## 4100. SHRI SADASHIV LOKHANDE:

Will the Minister of ENVIRONMENT, FOREST AND CLIMATE CHANGE be pleased to state:

- (a) whether the Government has identified the areas of the country facing adverse effects of global warming;
- (b) if so, the details thereof, State/UT wise; and
- (c) the steps taken/proposed to be taken by the Government in this regard?

## ANSWER

## MINISTER  OF  STATE  IN  THE  MINISTRY  OF  ENVIRONMENT,  FOREST  AND CLIMATE CHANGE (DR. MAHESH SHARMA)

(a) and (b) Global warming is adversely affecting all regions and countries around the globe. As per the fifth Assessment Report of Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) published in 2014, globally averaged combined land and ocean surface temperature has risen by 0.85 [0.65 to 1.06] o C over the period 1880 to 2012. According to India Meteorological Department  (IMD),  in  line  with  rising  temperatures  across  the  globe,  all  India  mean temperatures have risen nearly 0.64 o C over the last 110 years, which is less than the rise in global temperature. Changes in many extreme weather and climate events like heat waves, heavy precipitation and tropical cyclones have been observed since about 1950. Further IMD studies have highlighted that extreme events like heat waves have risen in the last 30 years.

The Government commissioned and published a study report titled 'Climate Change and India: A 4X4 Assessment - A Sectoral and Regional Analysis for 2030s' in 2010. The study  assessed  impact  of  climate  change  on  four  key  sectors  of  Indian  economy,  namely, agriculture,  water,  forests  and  human  health  in  four  climate  sensitive  regions  of  India, namely, the Himalayan region, the Western Ghats, the Coastal region and the North-Eastern Region. The study projects an overall warming, increase in precipitation with variable water yield, change in the composition of the forests, spread of Malaria in new areas and threats of its transmission for longer duration, which are likely to cause adverse impact on the lives of human beings.

(c) In  order  to  combat  the  adverse  effects  of  climate  change,  Government  of  India  is implementing  the  National  Action  Plan  on  Climate  Change  which  includes  eight  national missions  being  implemented  by  various  Ministries  in  specific  areas  of  Solar  Energy,

Enhanced Energy Efficiency, Sustainable Habitat, Water, Sustaining the Himalayan Ecosystem,  Green  India,  Sustainable  Agriculture  and  Strategic  knowledge  for  Climate Change. Also, 32 States/  UTs,  have prepared  the State  Action  Plan  on Climate  Change  to address  state  specific  issues.  The  Government  of  India  is  also  implementing  the  National Adaptation  Fund  for  Climate  Change  scheme  to  support  adaptation  actions  of  States  and Union Territories.

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