Lok Sabha Question No. 320 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2015-12-01
Subject: Data on Climate Change
Ministry: ENVIRONMENT,  FORESTS AND CLIMATE CHANGE
Asked by: ARVIND GANPAT SAWANT, BHAVANA GAWALI (PATIL)

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA

## MINISTRY OF ENVIRONMENT, FOREST AND CLIMATE CHANGE

## LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 320

TO BE ANSWERED ON 01.12.2015

## Data on Climate Change

## 320.   SHRI ARVIND SAWANT:

SHRIMATI BHAVANA PUNDALIKRAO GAWALI PATIL:

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

- (a) whether the Government has any data related to climate change and its effect on India and if so, the details thereof during the last ten years;
- (b) the steps taken by the Government to mitigate the ill-effects of climate change; and
- (c) whether  any  mission  mode  project  has  been  started  to  address  the  problem  of  climate change and if so, the details thereof?

## ANSWER

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

(SHRI PRAKASH JAVADEKAR)

(a) India's Second National Communication (SNC) submitted to the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC) in 2012, has provided observed impacts, projections on  future  climate  scenarios  and  likely  adverse  impacts  of  climate  change  on  water  resources, agriculture,  forests,  natural  eco-systems,  coastal  zones,  health,  energy  and  infrastructure.  The report also projects a variable rate of change in agriculture production including losses in some crops, whereas Net Primary Productivity is likely to increase by an average of 30.3% by 2035, and 56.2% by 2085. Increase in temperature is also likely to cause severe droughts and flood problems. As far as the Health sector is concerned, malaria is projected to spread in new areas and threats of transmission are likely to increase.

Since Climate Change is a long-term phenomenon, a study has been conducted to assess the impact  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. Based on this,  a  report  titled  'Climate Change and India: A 4X4 Assessment - A Sectoral and Regional Analysis for 2030s' was published in 2010. The study projects an overall warming, increase in precipitation  with  variable  water  yield,  change  in  the  composition  of  the  forests,  spread  of

Malaria in new areas and threats of its transmission for longer duration, which are likely to cause adverse impact on the lives of human beings.

(b) & (c) The Government has launched the National Action Plan on Climate Change (NAPCC) in June 2008 to deal with the climate change related issues. NAPCC outlines eight Missions in specific areas of solar energy, enhanced energy efficiency, sustainable habitat, water, sustaining Himalayan Ecosystems, Green India, sustainable agriculture and strategic knowledge for climate change. Further, States/Union Territories have prepared State Action Plans on Climate Change consistent  with  objectives  of  NAPCC  highlighting  State's  specific  issues  relating  to  climate change.

Further, as per India's Intended Nationally Determined Contributions (INDC) submitted to UNFCCC  on  2 nd October 2015, measures taken/ proposed include introducing cleaner technologies  in  thermal  power  generation,  promoting  renewable  energy  generation,  energy efficiency,  developing  climate  resilient  infrastructure,  implementation  of  Green  India  Mission and  other  programmes  of  afforestation,  planning  and  implementation  of  actions  to  enhance climate resilience and reduce vulnerability to climate change.

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