Lok Sabha Question No. 5157 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2023-04-03
Subject: Apex Committee for the Implementation of the Paris Agreement
Ministry: ENVIRONMENT,  FORESTS AND CLIMATE CHANGE
Asked by: Dushyant Singh

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

## LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 5157

TO BE ANSWERED ON 03.04.2023

## Apex Committee for the Implementation of the Paris Agreement

## 5157. SHRI DUSHYANT SINGH:

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

- (a) the functions, powers, especially statutory enforcement ones, and the broader role of the Apex Committee for the Implementation of the Paris Agreement (AIPA) that was constituted in 2020, and the key actions taken by them so far;
- (b) whether  the  Government  has  submitted  renewed  commitments  under  the  Paris Agreement, if so, the details thereof and if not, the reasons therefor;
- (c) the  key  actions  taken  by  AIPA  with  respect  to  carbon  pricing  mechanisms  and whether  it  has  explored  integration  of  sub-national  markets  and  if  so,  the  details thereof and if not, the reasons therefor; and
- (d) the  administrative  infrastructure  created  for  monitoring  of  emissions  in  partnership with the World Bank?

## ANSWER

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

(a) The Apex Committee for Implementation of Paris Agreement (AIPA), an inter-ministerial group,  was  set  up  on  27 th November  2020.  Its  functions  include,  inter-alia,  coordination, communication  and  reporting  of  Nationally  Determined  Contribution  (NDC)  tothe  United Nations  Framework  Convention  on  Climate  Change  (UNFCCC)  ;to  monitor,  review  and revisit climate goals to fulfil the requirements under the Paris Agreement; provide guidance for Action Plans under different climate related Missions, etc.

(b) To address and combat climate change, as well as to provide a roadmap to achieve net zero  by  2070,  India  submitted  its  updated  NDC  on  26 th August  2022  with  enhanced commitments.  As  per  updated  NDC,  India  has  an  enhanced  target  to  reduce  emission intensity  of  its  GDP  by  45  percent  by  2030  from  2005  level,  achieve  about  50  percent cumulative electric power installed capacity from non-fossil fuel based energy resources by 2030.  India  has  also  submitted  its  Long  Term  Low  Carbon  Development  Strategy  on 14 th November  2022  under the Paris Agreement, to the United Nations  Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC).

(c)  &  (d)  In  its  first  meeting  held  on  24 th March  2021,  AIPA  had  deliberated  on  carbon trading scheme for energy sector, by enhancing the scope of existing energy savings trading mechanism. In this regard, the Government has notified the Energy Conservation

(Amendment) Act, 2022 on 19 th December 2022. It includes provisions for putting in place a domestic carbon market. Further, the Government has also notified the National Designated Authority  for  the  Implementation  of  Article  6  of  the  Paris  Agreement  (NDAIAPA)  on 30 th May, 2022 to develop processes and frameworks under Article 6 of the Paris Agreement for international carbon trading in India. The NDAIAPA has identified certain activities for trading of carbon credits under cooperative approaches under the Paris Agreement. However, no  administrative  infrastructure  for  monitoring  of  carbon  emissions  has  been  created  in partnership with the World Bank.

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