Lok Sabha Question No. 3802 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2016-08-09
Subject: Deaths Due to Climate Change
Ministry: ENVIRONMENT,  FORESTS AND CLIMATE CHANGE
Asked by: VEENA DEVI, HARISH CHANDRA MEENA, SHIVKUMAR CHANABASAPPA UDASI

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

## LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 3802

TO BE ANSWERED ON 9.8.2016

## Deaths Due to Climate Change

3802.   SHRIMATI VEENA DEVI: SHRI HARISH MEENA: SHRI SHIVKUMAR UDASI:

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

(a) whether as per the recent assessment made by the World Health Organization (WHO) and the study conducted by Oxford University, India is projected to have the highest number of deaths due to climate change;

(b) if so, the details thereof;

(c) whether the Government has any proposal to conduct its own study to assess the situation and if so, the details thereof; and

(d) the action plan of the Government in this regard including switching over to cleaner energy sources?

## ANSWER

## MINISTER OF STATE (INDEPENDENT CHARGE) FOR ENVIRONMENT, FOREST AND CLIMATE CHANGE

## (SHRI ANIL MADHAV DAVE)

(a) & (b) World Health Organization has published a book titled 'Quantitative risk assessment of the  effects  of  climate  change  on  selected  causes  of  death,  2030s  and  2050s',  in  year  2014.  It reported that between 2030 and 2050, climate change is expected to cause increase in deaths due to malnutrition, malaria, diarrhoea and heat stress. The study conducted by University of Oxford on  'Global  and  regional  health  effects  of  future  food  production  under  climate  change:  a modelling study', projected 1.36 lakhs expected climate related death in India due to changes in food production based on probabilistic estimates.

(c)  Ministry  of  Environment,  Forests  &  Climate  Change  published  a  report  titled  'Climate Change  in  India,  (A  4X4  Assessment)  -  A  Sectoral  and  Regional  Analysis  for  2030s',  in

November 2010. The report has assessed impacts of climate change on four key sectors of Indian economy,  namely  Agriculture,  Water,  Natural  Ecosystems  &  Biodiversity  and  Health  in  four climate sensitive regions of India, namely the Himalayan region, the Western Ghats, the Coastal Area  and  the  North-East  Region.    The  report  has  projected  a  variable  rate  of  change  in agriculture production including losses in some crops, change in the composition of the forests & Net Primary Productivity and spread of Malaria in new areas.

(d)  The  Government  has  launched  the  National  Action  Plan  on  Climate  Change  (NAPCC)  in June  2008  to  deal  with  the  climate  change  and  related  issues.  NAPCC  comprises  of  eight Missions in specific areas of solar energy, enhanced energy efficiency, habitat, water, sustaining Himalayan ecosystems, forestry, agriculture and strategic knowledge for climate change, which addresses  the  issues  relating  to  mitigation  of  greenhouse  gases  and  adaptation  to  the  adverse impacts of climate change.

All States and Union Territories (UTs) are also preparing State Action Plan on Climate Change (SAPCC) in line with the objectives of the NAPCC and highlighting state specific issues relating to climate change. So far, 32 States and UTs have prepared their SAPCC.

India  has  also  announced  its  Intended  Nationally  Determined  Contribution  (INDC)  to achieve 40% of installed electricity generation capacity from non- fossil fuel sources by 2030.

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