Lok Sabha Question No. 3385 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2020-03-13
Subject: Adverse Effects of Climate Change
Ministry: ENVIRONMENT,  FORESTS AND CLIMATE CHANGE
Asked by: Rakesh Singh

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA

## MINISTRY OF ENVIRONMENT, FOREST AND CLIMATE CHANGE

## LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 3385

TO BE ANSWERED ON 13.03.2020

## Adverse Effects of Climate Change

## 3385. SHRI RAKESH SINGH:

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

- (a) whether the children are most vulnerable to the adverse effects of climate change;
- (b) if so, the details thereof;
- (c) whether the Government has taken steps to bring down carbon emission at par with the global levels and if so, the details thereof; and
- (d) the corrective measure taken by the Government to mitigate the adverse effects of climate change?

## ANSWER

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

(a)  and  (b)As  per  Intergovernmental  Panel  on  Climate  Change  (IPCC)  1.5 Degree  Special Report (2018), climate related risks to health, livelihoods, food security, etc. are projected to increase with global warming  of 1.5 °Cor more, and disadvantaged and vulnerable populations  including  children  are  at  higher  risk  of  adverse  consequences.The  reports  of IPCC,  WHO  and  others  indicate  health  implications  due  to  various  climate  variables including  extreme  weather  events  affecting  vector-borne  and  water-borne  illnesses  or  noncommunicable  diseases.  The  vulnerable  population  including  children  are  more  prone  to experience adverse effects of these exposures.

(c)  and  (d)  Under  the  Paris  Agreement,  India  has  submitted  its  Nationally  Determined Contribution (NDC)  to United Nations Framework  Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC) to reduce the GHG emissions intensity of its Gross Domestic Product (GDP) by 33  to  35  percent  by  2030  from  2005  level. It  has  envisaged  achieving  about  40  percent cumulative electric power installed capacity from non-fossil fuel-based energy resources by 2030 and create an additional carbon sink of 2.5 to 3 billion ton of CO2 equivalent through additional  forest  and  tree  cover  by  2030.  As  per  India's  second  Biennial  Update  Report (BUR) submitted to the UNFCCC in December 2018, India's emissions intensity of its GDP has decreased by 21% in 2014 as compared to 2005 levels.

Further, the Government is implementing National Action Plan on Climate Change (NAPCC) which provides an overarching policy framework for climate actionsin the country with eight Missions-(i)  National  Solar  Mission  (ii)  National  Mission  on  Enhanced  Energy  Efficiency (iii)  National  Water  Mission  (iv)  National  Mission  on  Sustainable  Habitat  (v)  National

Mission  on  Sustaining  Himalayan  Ecosystem  (vi)  National  Green  India  Mission  (vii) National  Mission  on  Sustainable  Agriculture  and  (viii)  National  Mission  on  Strategic Knowledge on Climate Change. To support the objectives of NAPCC, 33 States and Union Territories  have  already  prepared  their  State  Action  Plan  on  Climate  Change  (SAPCC)  to address State specific actions. In addition, the Government has also established   the National Adaptation Fund for Climate Change (NAFCC) to support climate adaptation actions of the States and Union Territories in the country.

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