Lok Sabha Question No. 90 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2017-12-15
Subject: Intended Nationally Determined Contribution
Ministry: ENVIRONMENT,  FORESTS AND CLIMATE CHANGE
Asked by: RAJIV PRATAP RUDY

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

## LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 90

TO BE ANSWERED ON 15.12.2017

## Intended Nationally Determined Contribution

## 90. SHRI RAJIV PRATAP RUDY

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

- (a) whether  the  Government  has  assessed  the  finances  needed  to  achieve  the  India's Intended Nationally Determined Contribution (INDC) at current prices to implement all its objective under INDC till 2030;
- (b) if so, the details thereof;
- (c) whether USA's withdrawal from Paris Agreement on Climate Change is likely to add additional burden on Governments exchequer for climate change mitigation efforts and if so, the details thereof;
- (d) the funds received from private sector and foreign institutions over the last three years and the current year to address the climate change issues; and
- (e) the other steps taken by the Government to improve climate change financing?

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

- (a) and (b) A preliminary estimate of the Government suggests that at least US $2.5 trillion (at  2014-15  prices)  will  be  required  for  meeting  India's  climate  change  actions between now and 2030, which is expected to evolve over time.
- (c) Majority  of  the  share  of  India's  current  climate  finance  comes  from  budgetary sources,  as  most  of  the  adaptation  and  mitigation  measures  are  built  into  the ongoing sectoral programmes. However US withdrawal will affect the availability of international funds for climate change.
- (d) Climate  Finance  includes  the  commitment  of  developed  countries  for  fulfilling pre 2020 goal of US $100 billion per year to developing countries by 2020. The Adaptation  Fund  (AF),  set  up  under  the  Kyoto  Protocol  of  UNFCCC  has approved six projects with an outlay of US $9.8 million in six States. The Green Climate  Fund  (GCF)  is  a  global  fund  set  up  in  2010  to  support  the  efforts  of developing  countries  to  respond  to  the  challenge  of  climate  change.  As  of November 2017, it has raised US $10.3 billion equivalent in pledges. The project from  India  titled  'Ground  water  recharge  and  solar  micro-irrigation  to  ensure food  security  and  enhance  resilience  in  vulnerable  tribal  areas  of  Odisha'  has been  approved  by  GCF  with  a  funding  of  US  $34.4  million. The  Green

Environment Fund (GEF) is the main global mechanism to support developing countries'  to  take  action  to  fulfil  their  commitments  under  the  world's  major multilateral  environmental  agreements.  India  has  a  country  allocation  of  US $130.58 million for GEF-6 cycle, and US $87.88 million for climate change.

- (e) National  Adaptation  Fund  has  been  created  by  the  Government  as  a  central scheme to meet the cost of adaptation to climate change with an initial outlay of Rs.  350  crore.  The  Scheme  will  be  continuing  beyond  12th  Five  Year  Plan  till 31st March 2020 with an additional outlay of Rs. 364 crore. The Fund is meant to assist National and State level activities in areas that are particularly vulnerable to adverse impacts of climate Change. Till date 22 projects have been approved at a total cost of Rs. 460.70 crore.

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