Lok Sabha Question No. 324 (STARRED), answered on 2016-08-09
Subject: Implementation of INDCs
Ministry: ENVIRONMENT,  FORESTS AND CLIMATE CHANGE
Asked by: SANJAY JAISWAL

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA

## MINISTRY OF ENVIRONMENT, FOREST AND CLIMATE CHANGE

## LOK SABHA STARRED QUESTION NO. 324

TO BE ANSWERED ON 09.08.2016

## Implementation of INDCs

## 324. DR. SANJAY JAISWAL

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

- (a) the  salient  features  of  India's  Intended  Nationally  Determined  Contributions  (INDCs)  for mitigation of climate change;
- (b) whether the Government has sought/proposes to seek technological partnerships from other countries to implement INDCs and if so, the details and the outcome thereof;
- (c) whether the Government has received commitment for financial assistance from developed countries to implement INDCs and if so, the details thereof; and
- (d) the details of other efforts being taken to mobilize funds for implementation of INDCs?

## A N S W E R

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

(SHRI ANIL MADHAV DAVE)

- (a) to (d) A Statement is laid on the Table of the House.

## Statement referred to in reply to Part (a) to (d) of Lok Sabha Starred Question No. 324 by DR. SANJAY JAISWAL regarding 'Implementation of INDCs'.

- (a) India, in its Intended Nationally Determined Contributions (INDCs), has committed to reduce the emissions intensity of its GDP by 33 to 35 percent by 2030 from 2005 level. Its INDC also has the ambition to achieve about 40 percent cumulative electric power installed capacity from non-fossil fuel based energy resources by 2030 with the help of transfer of technology and low cost international finance including from Green Climate Fund (GCF). The creation of an additional carbon sink of 2.5 to 3 billion tonnes of CO2 equivalent through additional forest and tree cover by 2030 is another quantifiable goal in its INDC.
- (b) Under the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate  Change  (UNFCCC), Technology  Executive  Committee  and  Climate  Technology  Centre  and  Network  (CTCN) have  been  established  to  strengthen  international  collaboration,  partnership  and  capacity building for climate technology development and transfer. A Technology Framework has also been agreed under the Paris Agreement. India launched the International Solar Alliance (ISA) on  30 th November,  2015,  jointly  with  the  Government  of  France.  The  ISA  is  aimed  at facilitating strategic and collaborative research and development and capacity building in the area of solar energy. India has also joined the 'Mission Innovation', a global collaborative effort  to  accelerate  clean  energy  innovation,  with  the  objective  to  make  clean  energy affordable.
- (c) Under the Paris Agreement, the developed countries have committed to mobilise US $ 100 billion per year and agreed to enhance it beyond US $ 100 billion per year post 2020. Green Climate  Fund  (GCF)  has  been  set  up  under  the  UNFCCC  as  an  operating  entity  of  the financial mechanism of the Convention. No specific assistance has been received by India so far from the GCF for implementing INDCs.
- (d) Implementation of INDCs is based on the outlays earmarked and provided by Departments and  Government  at  various  levels  within  their  budget.  Besides  the  Government  has established the National Adaptation Fund on Climate Change (NAFCC) to assist States and Union  Territories  to  undertake  projects  and  actions  for  adaptation  to  climate  change. The National Clean Energy Fund (NCEF) funded from the Coal Cess of Rs. 400 per tonne of coal, focuses  on  promotion  of  clean  energy.  Several  programmes  and  activities  for  sustainable development  and  climate  change  mitigation  and  adaptation are also  implemented  in coordination  with  and  support  from  multilateral  agencies  such  as  Global  Environment Facility (GEF).