Lok Sabha Question No. 3256 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2019-07-12
Subject: Reduction in Carbon Emissions
Ministry: ENVIRONMENT,  FORESTS AND CLIMATE CHANGE
Asked by: Meenakashi Lekhi, Jayant Sinha

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA

## MINISTRY OF ENVIRONMENT, FOREST AND CLIMATE CHANGE

## LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 3256

TO BE ANSWERED ON 12.07.2019

## Reduction in Carbon Emissions

## 3256.   SHRIMATI MEENAKASHI LEKHI: SHRI JAYANT SINHA:

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

- (a) the rate at which global carbon emissions are rising during the last five years;
- (b) the details of the steps/efforts undertaken by India to reduce the carbon emissions globally and in our country;
- (c) whether the steps taken by the Government so far have been successful in reducing carbon emissions, if so, the details thereof and if not, the reasons therefor; and
- (d)  the  total  fund  allocated  by  the  Ministry  to  reduce  carbon  emissions  during  the  last  five years?

## ANSWER

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

(a)  As  per  Emissions  Gap  Reports  of  United  Nations  Environment  Programme  (UNEP),  global carbon emissions from anthropogenic sources has increased from 53 billion tones of CO2eq in year 2013 to 53.5 billion tones of CO2eq in year 2017, which is equivalent to rise of 0.94 % in the five years from 2013 to 2017.

(b) to (d) Climate change is a global phenomenon and requires cooperation of all nations based on the principle of 'Common but Differentiated Responsibilities and Respective Capabilities'. India is a Party to the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change, its Kyoto Protocol and the Paris Agreement. India is meeting its commitments under the aforesaid instruments.

The Government is implementing National Action Plan on Climate Change (NAPCC) which comprises of eight missions in specific areas of solar energy, energy efficiency, water, agriculture, Himalayan ecosystem, sustainable habitat, green India and strategic knowledge on climate change. Thirty three States/Union Territories (UTs) have prepared their State Action Plan on Climate Change in  line  with  NAPCC  taking  into  account  State's/UT's  specific  issues  relating  to  climate  change. Under the Paris Agreement, India has submitted Nationally Determined Contributions (NDC) with target to reduce the emissions intensity of its Gross Domestic Product (GDP) by 33 to 35 percent by 2030 from 2005 level, to achieve about 40 % cumulative electric power installed capacity from nonfossil fuel based energy resources by 2030, and to create an additional carbon sink of 2.5 to 3 billion tones of CO2eq through additional forest and tree cover by 2030.

India declared a voluntary goal of reducing the emissions intensity of its GDP by 20-25%, over 2005 levels by 2020, despite having no binding mitigation obligations as per the Convention. A slew of policy measures were launched to achieve this goal. As a result, the emission intensity of our GDP has decreased by 21% between 2005 and 2014.

The  Ministry  of  Environment,  Forest  and  Climate  Change  is  supplementing  the  efforts  to combat climate change by implementing the central sector scheme of 'Climate Change Action Plan' under which Rs. 127.79 crores have been spent during the last five years (2014-15 to 2018-19). Since 2015-16, Ministry is also implementing a centrally sponsored scheme 'National Adaptation Fund for Climate  Change'  to  support  adaptation  measures  of  States/Union  Territories,  under  which  an expenditure of Rs. 454.63 crores has been incurred during last four years (2015-16 to 2018-19).

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