Climate Change

Lok Sabha

A Council on Climate Change was set up in 2007 under the chairmanship of Hon’ble Prime Minister, with the focus to evolve a coordinated response to issues related to climate change; provide oversight for formulation of action plans in the area of assessment, adaptation, technology support and mitigation of climate change; and periodically monitor key policy decisions.

The National Action Plan on Climate Change (NAPCC) was released by the Prime Minister on 30th June 2008. The NAPCC outlines eight missions in specific areas of Solar Energy, Enhanced Energy Efficiency, Sustainable Habitat, Water, Sustaining the Himalayan Eco-system, Green India, Sustainable Agriculture and Strategic knowledge for Climate Change. Eight National Missions form the core of the National Action Plan, representing multi-pronged, long term and integrated strategies for achieving key developmental and economic goals in a sustainable manner in the context of climate change.

The Government has set up an “Expert Committee on Impacts of Climate Change”. The Terms of Reference of the Committee are as under:

(i) To study the impacts of anthropogenic climate change on India.

(ii) To identify the measures that we may have to take in the future in relation to addressing vulnerability to anthropogenic climate change impacts.

This was stated by Shri Prithviraj Chavan, the Union Minister of Earth Sciences in the Lok Sabha today.

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