Lok Sabha Question No. 86 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2021-11-29
Subject: Carbon Emission
Ministry: ENVIRONMENT,  FORESTS AND CLIMATE CHANGE
Asked by: Pushpendra Singh Chandel, Ranjanben Dhananjay Bhatt

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

## LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 86

TO BE ANSWERED ON 29.11.2021

## Carbon Emission

## 86. SHRI KUNWAR PUSHPENDRA SINGH CHANDEL: SHRIMATI RANJANBEN DHANANJAY BHATT:

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

- (a) whether emission of carbon is on the rise in the country;
- (b) whether the Government has formulated any policy to reduce carbon emission in the country  and  if  so,  the  details  thereof  along  with  its  targets  and  if  not,the  reasons therefor;
- (c) whether  the  Government  has  taken  initiatives  to  encourage  individuals/institutions engaged in environmental protection in the country; and
- (d) if so, the State-wise details thereof including Bundelkhand?

## ANSWER

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

- (a) As  per  the  second  and  third  biennial  update  report  (BUR)  submitted  to  the  United Nations  Framework  Convention  on  Climate  Change  (UNFCCC),  India's  Greenhouse  Gas (GHG) emissions in 2014 including Land Use, Land-Use Change and Forestry (LULUCF) were 2306.3 million tonne CO2eq and 2531.07 million tonne CO2eq in 2016. However, the emission  intensity  of  India's  Gross  Domestic  Product  (GDP)  has  reduced  by  24  per  cent between 2005 and 2016.
- (b) The Government is implementing National Action Plan on Climate Change (NAPCC) with the objective of adaptation and mitigation and comprising of missions in specific areas including solar energy, energy efficiency, water, agriculture, Himalayan ecosystem, sustainable habitat, green India and strategic knowledge on climate change. To support the NAPCC thirty-three States/Union Territories (UTs) have prepared their State Action Plan on Climate Change taking into account their specific concerns relating to climate change.

Under the Paris Agreement, India has submitted its Nationally Determined Contributions (NDC) with target to reduce the emissions intensity of its GDP by 33 to 35 percent 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 tonnes of CO2eq through additional forest and tree cover by 2030.  Hon'ble  Prime  Minister  of  India  at  Conference  of  Parties  (COP26)  at  Glasgow presented five nectar elements, Panchamrit, to deal with the challenges of climate change - (i) India  will  reach  its  non-fossil  energy  capacity  to  500  GW  by  2030  (ii)  India  will  meet  50 percent of its energy requirements from renewable energy by 2030 (iii) India will reduce the total  projected  carbon emissions by one billion tonnes from now onwards till 2030 (iv) by 2030, India will reduce the carbon intensity of its economy by less than 45 percent and (v) by the year 2070, India will achieve the target of Net Zero.

(c) & (d) Ministry of Environment, Forest and Climate Change is implementing Environment Education, Awareness  and  Training (EEAT)  scheme  with  the objective to promote environmental  awareness  among  all  sections  of  the  society  and  to  mobilize  people's participation  for  conservation  of  environment.  The  objectives  of  the  scheme  are  achieved through  implementation  of  the  programmes  namely  National  Green  Corps  (NGC)  'Ecoclub' Programme,  National  Nature  Camping  Programme  (NNCP)  and  Capacity Building Activities (CBA) on EEAT scheme.

Under  the  National  Green  Corps  (NGC)  programme  of  the  Ministry,  there  are  around 1,60,000 Eco-clubs across the country, wherein students are actively participating in various environment protection and conservation activities like conducting cleanliness drives as part of  Swachh  Bharat  Abhiyan,  plantation,  awareness  on  waste  minimisation,  segregation, recycling and reuse etc.

Further,  to  engage  people  for  environment  protection,  Ministry  has  also  launched  Green Good Deeds (GGDs) movement in January 2018 with the aim to bring mass environmental awareness  in  the  society  at  all  levels.  The  GGDs  covers  all  the  aspects  of  environment protection and conservation viz. biodiversity, wildlife, pollution, renewable energy, conservation  of  lakes  and  rivers,  solid  waste  management  and  climate  change.  GGD  is implemented under NGC 'Ecoclub' programme. Any member of society can participate in the movement.

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