Lok Sabha Question No. 3154 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2021-08-06
Subject: Global Warming
Ministry: ENVIRONMENT,  FORESTS AND CLIMATE CHANGE
Asked by: Sunil Kumar Pintu

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

## LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 3154

TO BE ANSWERED ON 06.08.2021

## Global Warming

## 3154.  SHRI SUNIL KUMAR PINTU:

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

- (a) whether assessment has been made regarding the likely impact of global warming on climate;
- (b) if  so,  the  details  thereof  and  the  extent  to  which  it  has  impacted  the  climate  of  the country; and
- (c) the details of initiatives taken/being taken by the Government to maintain ecological balance and tackle climate change?

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

(a)  and  (b)  Intergovernmental  Panel  on  Climate  Change  (IPCC),  prepares  comprehensive Assessment Reports about knowledge on climate change, its causes, potential impacts and response options. Scientists from all over the world, including India, contribute to the IPCC Assessment  Reports.    The  Fifth  Assessment  Report  of  IPCC  (2014)  has  observed  that warming of the climate  system  is  unequivocal,  and  since  the  1950s  many  of  the  observed changes are unprecedented. The atmosphere and ocean has warmed, the amounts of snow and ice have diminished and sea level has risen.

Nationally, a study was conducted by the Ministry of Environment, Forest & Climate Change (MoEF&CC) titled 'Climate Change and India: A 4X4 Assessment -A Sectoral and Regional Analysis  for  2030s'  which  provides  assessment  of  impacts  of  climate  change  on  four  key sectors  of  Indian  economy,  namely,  agriculture,  water,  forests  and  human  health  in  four climate sensitive regions of India, viz. the Himalayan region, the Western Ghats, the Coastal region and the North-Eastern Region.

As  part  of  the  Second  National  Communication  (SNC),  MoEF&CC  conducted  studies  on impact of climate change in  India which are summarized in the 'Vulnerability  Assessment and Adaptation' chapters.  The climate change scenarios were analysed using high-resolution regional  climate  model.    Simulations  for  2020s,  2050s  and  2080s  indicate  an  all-round warming for Indian subcontinent.  Impact of climate change and climate variability on the water resources are likely to affect irrigated agriculture, installed power capacity, environmental flows in the dry season and wet season.

(c)    Global  warming  is  a  global  collective  action  problem  and  has  to  be  solved  by international  cooperation.  India  is  a  Party  to  the  UNFCCC  and  its  Paris  Agreement  (PA). Under  the  Paris  Agreement,  India  has  submitted  its  Nationally  Determined  Contribution (NDC)  balancing  the  concerns  and  priorities  of  climate  change,  sustainable  development including poverty eradication, and economic growth of the country. India's NDCs comprise eight goals for 2021-2030, including (i) to reduce the emissions intensity of its GDP by 33 to 35 per cent by 2030 from 2005 level; (ii) to achieve about 40 per cent cumulative electric power installed capacity from non-fossil           fuel-based energy resources by 2030 with help of  the  transfer  of  technology  and  low-cost  international  finance;  and  (iii)  to  create  an additional carbon sink of 2.5 to 3 billion tonne of CO2 equivalent through additional forest and tree cover by 2030.

At domestic level, Government is implementing the National Action Plan on Climate Change (NAPCC)  which  provides  the  overarching  framework  for  climate  actions,  through  eight national  missions  in  specific  areas  of  solar  energy,  enhanced  energy  efficiency,  water, agriculture,  Himalayan                    eco-system,  sustainable  habitat,  green  India  and  strategic knowledge on climate change. Under the NAPCC's overarching framework, thirty-three (33) States/UTs  have  prepared  State  Action  Plans  on  Climate  Change  (SAPCC).  Further,  to support adaptation measures in States / UTs in areas that are particularly vulnerable to the adverse  impacts  of  climate  change,  Government  is  implementing  the  National  Adaptation Fund for Climate Change (NAFCC). In addition, Government has set up an Apex Committee for Implementation of Paris Agreement (AIPA) to coordinate and oversee the implementation of the Paris Agreement.

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