Lok Sabha Question No. 2168 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2020-09-23
Subject: Climate Change Act
Ministry: ENVIRONMENT,  FORESTS AND CLIMATE CHANGE
Asked by: S. Venkatesan

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA

## MINISTRY OF ENVIRONMENT, FOREST AND CLIMATE CHANGE

## LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO.2168

TO BE ANSWERED ON 23.09.2020

## Climate Change Act

## 2168.   SHRI S. VENKATESAN:

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

- (a) whether the Ministry of Earth Sciences has published 'Assessment of Climate Change over Indian Region' recently;
- (b) if so, the details thereof;
- (c) whether the Ministry of Environment, Forest and Climate Change has taken steps in view of this new report to combat, mitigate and adapt to the effects of climate change; and
- (d) whether the Government is planning to bring  a  'Climate  Change  Act'  in  line  with other countries, if so, the details thereof?

## ANSWER

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

(a) and (b)

Yes  Sir.  This  assessment  report  published  by  the  Ministry  of  Earth  Sciences  (MOES) contains details of observed changes in our climate system and future projections of climate change based on observations and climate model simulations. It provides a detailed overview and synthesis of the published scientific literature on climate change over India and adjoining regions.  The  report  mentions  that  since  the  middle  of  the  twentieth  century,  India  has witnessed  a  rise  in  average  temperature;  a  decrease  in  monsoon  precipitation;  a  rise  in extreme  temperature  and  rainfall  events,  droughts,  and  sea  levels;  and  an  increase  in  the intensity of severe cyclones, alongside other changes in the monsoon system.

(c)  India  is  taking  pro-active  action  to  combat,  adapt  and  mitigate  the  effects  of  climate change  through  various  initiatives.  Government  is  implementing  National  Action  Plan  on Climate  Change  (NAPCC)  which  provides  an  overarching  policy  framework  for  climate actions in 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.  Three  of  these  Missions  namely  the Missions  on  solar  energy,  enhanced  energy  efficiency  and  sustainable  habitats  focus  on mitigation, while the rest are focused on adaptation.

Climate  actions  at  the  state  level  are  based  on  the  State  Action  Plans  on  Climate  Change (SAPCC).  Thirty-three  States/Union  Territories  have  prepared  their  SAPCC  in  line  with NAPCC taking into account State's specific issues relating to climate change. These SAPCCs inter-alia outline sector specific and cross sectoral priority climate actions. The Government is  also  implementing  National  Adaptation  Fund  for  Climate  Change  (NAFCC)  to  support adaptation  measures  of  States/UTs  in  areas  that  are  particularly  vulnerable  to  the  adverse impacts of climate change. Under NAFCC, 30 projects have been sanctioned in 27 States to tackle the issues related to adaptation in agriculture, water, forestry, etc. Government of India has  also  embarked  upon  ambitious  actions  in  the  areas  of  renewable  energy,  afforestation, energy efficiency and urban development.

(d) There is no such proposal under consideration.

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