Lok Sabha Question No. 1055 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2020-02-07
Subject: Increase in Temperature
Ministry: ENVIRONMENT,  FORESTS AND CLIMATE CHANGE
Asked by: Sisir Kumar Adhikari

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

## LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 1055

TO BE ANSWERED ON 07.02.2020

## Increase in Temperature

## 1055.   SHRI SISIR KUMAR ADHIKARI:

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

- (a) whether  the Government  has  any  report on the gradual increase in average temperature and rainfall patterns in the country and if so, the details thereof;
- (b) whether it is a fact that within next 25 years, several areas of the country will come under worst hit hotspot and cyclone regions;
- (c) if so, the details thereof; and
- (d) the corrective measures taken by the Government in this regard?

## ANSWER

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

(a) As per the World Meteorological Organization, the global mean temperature for 2018 was estimated to be 0.99 ± 0.13 °C above the pre-industrial levels (1850-1900). According to the Annual  Climate  Summary  2018  published  by  India  Meteorological  Department  (IMD), during 1901-2018 the annual mean temperature showed an increasing trend of 0.60°C/100 years with significant increasing trend in the maximum temperature (1.0°C /100 years) and relatively lower increasing trend (0.20°C/100 years) in the minimum temperature.

(b) and (c) As  per  Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) Special Report on Global Warming of 1.5 o C, there may be an increase in the frequency of cyclonic storms over the  North  Indian  Ocean  and  Arabian  sea.  However,  tropical  cyclones  have  shown  a decreasing trend over the Bay of Bengal. Temperatures will, in general, increase across India, but the exact locations of maximum temperature increases in any given period in the future is very difficult to predict due to considerable uncertainties in making such estimates.

(d) India  is  a  Party  to  the  United  Nations  Framework  Convention  on  Climate  Change (UNFCCC), its Kyoto Protocol (KP) and Paris Agreement (PA). For addressing the challenge of  climate  change,  India  adheres  to  the  paramountcy  of  the  UNFCCC  processes.  It  has proactively contributed to multilateral efforts to combat climate change and continues to do so  while  undertaking  its  own  independent,  enhanced  initiatives  in  climate  mitigation  and adaptation  besides  meeting  all  its  commitments  under  the  UNFCCC,  its  KP  and  PA. Independent  studies  rate  India's  efforts  highly  and  compliant  with  the  requirements  under these instruments.

The Government is implementing National Action Plan on Climate Change (NAPCC) which comprises eight missions in specific areas of solar energy, energy efficiency, water, agriculture, Himalayan ecosystem, sustainable habitat, green India and strategic knowledge on  climate  change.  NAPCC  provides  an  overarching  framework  for  all  climate  actions. 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 % by 2030 from 2005 level, to achieve about 40% cumulative electric power installed capacity from non-fossil 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.

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