Lok Sabha Question No. 1704 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2016-03-08
Subject: Committee on Global Warming
Ministry: ENVIRONMENT,  FORESTS AND CLIMATE CHANGE
Asked by: ASHOK MAHADEORAO NETE

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

## LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 1704

TO BE ANSWERED ON 08.03.2016

## Committee on Global Warming

## 1704. SHRI ASHOK MAHADEORAO NETE:

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

- (a) whether the Government proposes to constitute an Expert Advisory Committee on global warming;
- (b) if so, the time by which the said committee is likely to be constituted; and
- (c) the time by which the Expert Committee is likely to submit its report with special reference to impact of global warming on the Indian economy?

## ANSWER

MINISTER OF STATE (INDEPENDENT CHARGE) FOR  ENVIRONMENT, FOREST AND CLIMATE CHANGE (SHRI PRAKASH JAVADEKAR)

- (a) to (c) No such proposal is on the anvil. However, a Council on Climate Change has been set up  in  2007  under  the  chairmanship  of  Hon'ble  Prime  Minister  with  focus  on  evolving  a coordinated response to issues related to climate change; provide oversight for formulation of  action  plan  in  the  area  of  assessment,  adaptation,  technology support  and  mitigation  of climate change; and periodically monitor key policy decisions. The Council was reconstituted  on  November  3,  2014.  The  composition  of  the  reconstituted  Council  is  at Annexure . Further, an Executive Committee on Climate Change has been set up under the chairmanship  of  Principal  Secretary  to  Prime  Minister  to  assist  in  evolving  a  coordinated response  to  issues  relating  to  climate  change  at  the  national  level  and  to  monitor  the implementation  of  the  eight  National  Missions  under  National  Action  Plan  on  Climate Change.

An  Expert  Committee  on  Climate  Change  under  the  chairmanship  of  Secretary, Ministry  of  Environment,  Forest  and  Climate  Change,  constituted  in  2014,    monitors progress of implementation of various activities under Climate Change Action Programme.

Further, Government  also regularly interacts with Experts, Non-Governmental Organizations and academic institutions for various issues related to Climate Change.

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Annexure referred to in reply to part (a) to (c) of Lok Sabha Unstarred Question No. 1704 to be answered on Tuesday, 8 th March, 2016 on 'Committee on Global Warming'

Composition of the reconstituted Prime Minister's Council on Climate Change

| Prime Minister   | Chairperson   |
|------------------|---------------|

|   2 | Minister for External Affairs                                          | Member          |
|-----|------------------------------------------------------------------------|-----------------|
|   3 | Finance Minister                                                       | Member          |
|   4 | Minister for Environment, Forest and Climate Change                    | Member          |
|   5 | Minister for Water Resources, River Development and Ganga Rejuvenation | Member          |
|   6 | Minister for Agriculture                                               | Member          |
|   7 | Minister for Urban Development                                         | Member          |
|   8 | Minister for Science and Technology                                    | Member          |
|   9 | MoS (Power, Coal and NRE)                                              | Member          |
|  10 | Cabinet Secretary                                                      | Member          |
|  11 | Foreign Secretary                                                      | Member          |
|  12 | Secretary, Ministry of Environment, Forest and Climate Change          | Member          |
|  13 | Dr.JagadishShukla, Professor, George Mason University, USA             | Member          |
|  14 | Dr. Nitin Desai, Distinguished Fellow, TERI                            | Member          |
|  15 | ShriChandrasekarDasgupta                                               | Member          |
|  16 | Dr. Ajay Mathur, Director General, TERI                                | Member          |
|  17 | Shri J.M. Mauskar                                                      | Member          |
|  18 | Principal Secretary to PM                                              | Member convenor |