Lok Sabha Question No. 336 (STARRED), answered on 2015-12-22
Subject: Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change
Ministry: ENVIRONMENT,  FORESTS AND CLIMATE CHANGE
Asked by: SONA RAM CHOUDHARY

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA

## MINISTRY OF ENVIRONMENT, FOREST AND CLIMATE CHANGE

## LOK SABHA STARRED QUESTION No. 336

TO BE ANSWERED ON 22.12.2015

## Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change

*336. COL. SONARAM CHOUDHARY:

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

- (a) whether  the  Intergovernmental  Panel  on  Climate  Change  (IPCC)  has  brought  out  its assessment report recently;
- (b) if so, the details and salient features of the said report;
- (c) whether  the  Government  has  taken  any  action  on  the  said  report  of  IPCC  for  the prevention of increasing global warming and pollution;
- (d) if so, the details thereof; and
- (e) the mechanism for coordination between the Government and IPCC?

## ANSWER

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

(SHRI PRAKASH JAVADEKAR)

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

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## Statement referred to in reply to Part (a) to (e) of Lok Sabha Starred Question No. 336 by Col. Sonaram Choudhary regarding 'Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change'

- (a) and (b) The Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) was established in 1988 by the World Meteorological Organization (WMO) and the United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP)  to  assess scientific,  technical  and socio-economic information concerning climate  change,  its  potential  effects  and  options  for  adaptation  and mitigation.  The  IPCC  assesses  research  on  climate  change  and  synthesizes  it  into 'assessment reports' every 5-7 years. The Fifth Assessment Report (AR5) of IPCC is the latest in a series of such reports released in 2013 and 2014. AR5 consists of three Working Group (WG) Reports and a Synthesis Report.

Some salient features of AR5 are as follows:

- Global  temperatures  have  risen  by  about  0.8°C  over  the  last  century  and  sea levels have risen by about 20 cm.
- In many regions, snow and rainfall patterns have changed.
- Snow, ice, permafrost and glaciers are melting at the poles and around the rest of the world.
- The  oceans  are  becoming  increasingly  acidic  as  they  absorb  more  and  more carbon dioxide.
- Extreme weather events are becoming more frequent. For example, heat waves are lasting for longer and becoming more intense.

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- (c) and (d) Government is seized of the matter. It  has  formulated  the  National  Action  Plan  on Climate  Change  (NAPCC)  to  deal  with  the  climate  change  related  issues.  NAPCC comprises  eight Missions  in specific areas of solar  energy,  enhanced  energy efficiency, habitat, water, sustaining Himalayan Ecosystems, forestry, agriculture and strategic  knowledge  for  climate  change.  Further,  32  States/Union  Territories  have prepared  State  Action  Plans  on  Climate  Change  consistent  with  the  objectives  of NAPCC.

Furthermore, India's Intended Nationally Determined Contributions (INDC) submitted to United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC) in  October  2015,  includes  steps  such  as  introduction  of  cleaner  technologies  in thermal power generation, promoting renewable energy generation, energy efficiency, developing  climate  resilient  infrastructure,  implementation  of  Green  India  Mission, programmes related to afforestation and activities aimed at reducing vulnerability to climate change.

- (e) Ministry of Environment, Forest and Climate Change serves as the nodal Ministry for coordination between the Government of India and IPCC.

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