Lok Sabha Question No. 3219 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2019-12-06
Subject: Greenhouse Gases
Ministry: ENVIRONMENT,  FORESTS AND CLIMATE CHANGE
Asked by: Nalin Kumar Kateel

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

## LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 3219

TO BE ANSWERED ON 06.12.2019

## Greenhouse Gases

## 3219.   SHRI NALIN KUMAR KATEEL:

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

- (a) whether the Government has taken note that energy and transport are mainly responsible for the accumulation of Greenhouse Gases (GHGs) in the atmosphere;
- (b) if so, the details thereof;
- (c) whether recent report of the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) makes it clear that deforestation, industrial, agricultural systems and desertification are major drivers of climate change;
- (d) if so, the details thereof;
- (e) whether the Government is contemplating to take steps to bring changes in land use patterns to tackle the issue of climate change; and
- (f) if so, the details thereof?

## ANSWER

## MINISTER  OF  STATE  IN  THE  MINISTRY  OF  ENVIRONMENT,  FOREST  AND CLIMATE CHANGE (SHRI BABUL SUPRIYO)

(a)  to  (d)  The  Fifth  Assessment  Report  of  the  Intergovernmental  Panel  on  Climate  Change (IPCC)  released  in  2014  has  assessed  the  increase  in  annual  anthropogenic  Greenhouse  Gas (GHG)  emissions  between  2000  and  2010.  According  to  this  report,  in  2010,  35%  of  GHG emissions were released by the energy sector, 24% (net emissions) from agriculture, forestry and other  land  use,  21%  by  industry,  14%  by  transport  and  6.4%  by  the  building  sector.    As  per India's second Biennial Update Report submitted to the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change in December 2018, emissions from energy sector was 73% of India's total national  GHG  emissions  (excluding  Land  Use,  Land-use  Change  and  Forestry)  in  2014,  and emissions from transport sector were about 13% of the total GHG emissions from energy sector in 2014.

(e)& (f) The subject of 'Land' and its management falls within the legislative and administrative jurisdiction of the States.  However, as part of its climate action agenda, Government of India is committed towards combating climate change through its several programs and schemes.

In  line  with  National  Action  Plan  on  Climate  Change  (NAPCC),  33  States/  Union Territories  have  prepared  their  State  Action  Plans  on  Climate  Change,  which  outline  sector specific and cross sectoral priority actions to combat climate change.

The  Central  Government  has  set  up  Compensatory  Afforesatation  Management  and Planning  Authority    (CAMPA)  at  both  Central  and  State  level,  to  promote  afforestation  and regeneration activities as a way of compensating for forest land diverted for non-forest uses.

National Mission for Green India is one of the eight missions launched under NAPCC to improve  quality  of  forest  and  to  increase  in  forest  cover,  besides  cross-sectoral  activities  on landscapes  basis.  Nagar  Van  Udyan  Yojana  envisions  development  of  200  city  forests  in  the country.

Further, during 14 th Session of Conference of Parties to the United Nations Convention to Combat Desertification held at New Delhi in September 2019, India has announced to raise its ambition to restore 26 million hectare degraded land by 2030.

The Government is also implementing National Afforestation Programme for afforestation of degraded forest lands.

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