Lok Sabha Question No. 449 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2016-04-26
Subject: International Agreements on Climate Change
Ministry: ENVIRONMENT,  FORESTS AND CLIMATE CHANGE
Asked by: ARJUNLAL MEENA

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA

## MINISTRY OF ENVIRONMENT, FOREST AND CLIMATE CHANGE

## LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 449

TO BE ANSWERED ON 26.04.2016

## International Agreements on Climate Change

## 449: SHRI ARJUN LAL MEENA:

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

- (a) whether  India  has  signed  agreements  with  other  countries  on  a  comprehensive  cooperation in the field of environment and climate change;
- (b) if so, the details thereof indicating the various components of co-operation;
- (c) whether India has made efforts at the international fora to bring a consensus among developing and developed countries to combat climate change and global warming; and
- (d) if so, the details thereof and the success achieved in this regard?

## ANSWER

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

## (SHRI PRAKASH JAVADEKAR)

(a)  &  (b):  The  Government  of  India  has  been  successful  in  establishing  bilateral  relations with several countries on areas of environment, clean technology and climate change. Some of the major agreements in this area include agreement on cooperation on addressing climate change between India and China signed in October 2009, Joint Statement between India and United  Kingdom  on  Energy  and  Climate  Change  to  promote  secure,  affordable  and sustainable supplies of energy signed in November 2015.

Further,  India  is  a  party  to  number  of  Conventions,  Protocols,  International  Treaties, Multilateral  Environment  Agreements  like  United  Nations  Framework  Convention  on Climate Change (UNFCCC),  United Nations Convention to Combat Desertification (UNCCD), Convention on Biological Diversity (CBD), and Montreal Protocol on substances that  deplete  Ozone  layer.  India  has  signed  the  Paris  Agreement  on  Climate  Change  on  22 April 2016, which is a milestone in global climate cooperation.

(c) & (d): In the climate change negotiations, India has always been a strong advocate of an ambitious  and  durable  agreement  based  on  the  principles  of  equity  and  common  but differentiated  responsibilities.  In  the  run  up  to  the  Paris  Agreement,      India  engaged constructively  and  proactively  with  developing  countries,  including  BASIC  (Brazil,  South America, India, China) countries, Like Minded Developing Countries (LMDC) and Group of 77 and China for protecting the interest of developing countries in the new agreement. India has  been  able  to  secure  its  interest  in  the  Paris  Agreement.  The  Agreement  explicitly recognizes  the  imperatives  of  climate  justice  and  sustainable  lifestyles  as  manifested  in patterns  of  consumption  and  production  and  the  principles  of  equity  and  common  but differentiated  responsibilities.  The  Agreement  is  meant  to  enhance  the  implementation of UNFCCC  and  the  objective  ensures  that  it  is  not  mitigation-centric  and  includes  other important  elements  such  as  adaptation,  loss  and  damage,  finance,  technology  transfer, capacity building and transparency of action and support.

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