Lok Sabha Question No. 3075 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2023-03-20
Subject: Risk of Sequential Extremes
Ministry: ENVIRONMENT,  FORESTS AND CLIMATE CHANGE
Asked by: Kani K. Navas

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA

## MINISTRY OF ENVIRONMENT, FOREST AND CLIMATE CHANGE

## LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 3075

TO BE ANSWERED ON 20.03.2023

## Risk of Sequential Extremes

## 3075. SHRI K. NAVASKANI:

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

- (a) whether  the  Government  subscribes  to  the  view  that  the  country  will  need  a significant reduction in vulnerability and climate change mitigation to reduce the risk of sequential extremes;
- (b) if so, what initiatives are proposed to be taken by the Government in this regard and if not, the reasons therefor;
- (c) whether the Government has taken cognizance of the fact that certain States in North and South India will have a higher projected risk of sequential extremes than the other States; and
- (d) if  so,  the  details  of  the  preventive  steps  that  are  proposed  to  be  taken  by  the Government in this regard?

## ANSWER

MINISTER  OF  STATE  IN  THE  MINISTRY  OF  ENVIRONMENT,  FOREST  AND CLIMATE CHANGE (SHRI ASHWINI KUMAR CHOUBEY)

(a)  and  (b)Climate  change  is  a  global  problem  and  requires  collective  global  actions  and international cooperation for its solution. The Government of India is seized of the matter. India,  as  a  party  to  the  United  Nations  Framework  Convention  on  Climate  Change (UNFCCC) and  its  Paris  Agreement,  has  submitted  its  updated  Nationally  Determined Contributions (NDC) after taking in to account the foundational principles of the UNFCC and priorities for sustainable development and different national circumstances.  India's NDC are significant contributions to the global collective climate action.  India has also submitted its Long-Term  Low  Carbon  Development  Strategy  to  the  UNFCCC.  Both  the  aforesaid documents lay out India's vision and approaches towards significantly reducing vulnerability as well as reaching net-zero by 2070.

India's  climate  action  cuts  across  various  Ministries  and  Departments.  The  Government  of India  stands  committed  to  combat  climate  change  through  its  several  programmes  and schemesbeing  implemented  by  the  concerned  Ministries,  Departments,  States  and  Union Territories.  The National Action Plan on Climate Change (NAPCC) encompasses nine core missions  in  the  specific  areas  of  Solar  Energy,  Enhanced  Energy  Efficiency,  Sustainable

Habitat,  Water,  Sustaining  the  Himalayan  Eco-system,  Strategic  Knowledge  for  Climate Change,  Green  India,  Sustainable  Agriculture,  and  Human  Health  and  Climate  Change. These  missions  outline  steps  to  simultaneously  advance  India's  development  and  climate change related-objectives of adaptation and mitigation and are being anchored by their nodal ministries to tackle core issues arising out of and / or pertaining to climate change. Thirtyfour  States  /  Union  Territories  have  prepared  their  State  Action  Plans  on  Climate  Change (SAPCC)  in  line  with  the  NAPCC,  taking  into  account  State  specific  issues  relating  to climate change. These SAPCCs inter alia outline sector-specific and cross-sectoral priority actions.  In  addition,  the  Government  has  taken  many  other  initiatives  to  scale  up  India's action on both, adaptation and mitigation.

(c) and (d) The conduct of climate related risk assessments is a growing field of research and analysis. The Government, in its preparation of risk analysis and risk assessments, relies on scientifically  validated  data,  methodologies  and  analyses  provided  by  scientific  institutions and  multilateral  agencies  with  recognized  expertise  in  this  area.  However,  it  is  neither appropriate nor possible for Government to recognise or comment on all such analyses and assessments available in the public domain. Government notes that the rising level of such activities is testimony to the growing climate change awareness across the world.

The Government of India through its various Ministries and Departments continues to assess the impact of climate change keeping with new data and increased scientific knowledge on the  subject.  Such  data  and  analyses  are  routinely  carried  out  in  the  regular  work  of Ministries/Departments and incorporated in schemes, plans and initiatives of the Government as  notified  from  time  to  time.  Experts  and  scientists  in  academia  and  think-tanks  are  also consulted from time to time as need arises on the subject.

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