Lok Sabha Question No. 1002 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2019-02-08
Subject: Effects of Climate Change
Ministry: ENVIRONMENT,  FORESTS AND CLIMATE CHANGE
Asked by: RAVINDRA KUMAR PANDEY

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA

## MINISTRY OF ENVIRONMENT, FOREST AND CLIMATE CHANGE

## LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 1002

TO BE ANSWERED ON 08.02.2019

## Effects of Climate Change

## 1002.   SHRI RAVINDRA KUMAR PANDEY

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

- (a) the salient features of India's Intended Nationally Determined Contribution (INDC) for mitigating the effects of climate change;
- (b) whether the Government has sought/ proposes to seek technological support from other countries to implement INDC;
- (c) if so, the details and the outcome thereof;
- (d) whether  the  developed  countries  have  committed  to  provide  financial  assistance  for implementation of INDC and if so, the details thereof; and
- (e) the  details  of  other  efforts  being  made  by  the  Government  to  mobilize  funds  for  the implementation of INDC?

## ANSWER

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

- (a) India, in its Nationally Determined Contribution (NDC), has committed (i) to reduce the emissions intensity of its GDP by 33 to 35 percent by 2030 from 2005 level, (ii) to achieve about 40 percent cumulative electric power installed capacity from non-fossil fuel based energy  resources  by  2030  with  the  help  of  transfer  of  technology  and  low  cost international  finance  including  from  Green  Climate  Fund  (GCF),  and  (iii)  to  create  an additional  carbon  sink  of  2.5  to  3  billion  tonnes  of  CO2  equivalent  through  additional forest  and tree cover by 2030. The other targets pertain to sustainable lifestyles; climate friendly  growth  path;  climate  change  adaptation;  climate  finance;  and  technology  and capacity building.
- (b) and (c) A Technology Framework has been agreed under the Paris Agreement, which will be implemented in post-2020 period. India launched the International Solar Alliance (ISA) on  30 th November,  2015,  jointly  with  the  Government  of  France.  The  ISA  is  aimed  at facilitating strategic and collaborative research and development and capacity building in the  area  of  solar  energy.  India  has  also  joined  the  'Mission  Innovation',  a  global collaborative effort to accelerate clean energy innovation, with the objective to make clean energy affordable.
- (d) Under the Paris Agreement, the developed countries have committed to mobilise US$ 100 billion  per  year  and  agreed  to  enhance  it  beyond  US$  100  billion  per  year  post  2020. Green Climate Fund (GCF) has been set up under the UNFCCC as an operating entity of the financial mechanism of the Convention.
- (e) Action  on  climate  change  is  based  on  the  budgetary  outlays  of  Departments  and Government  at  various  levels.  Besides,  the  Government  has  launched  the  National Adaptation Fund on Climate Change (NAFCC) to assist States and Union Territories to undertake projects and actions for adaptation to climate change.  Several programmes and activities  for  sustainable  development  and  climate  change  mitigation  and  adaptation  are also  implemented  in  coordination  with  and  support  from  multilateral  agencies  such  as Global Environment Facility (GEF).

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