he details of action proposed to be taken to combat Global Warming in the country in the aftermath of the decisions taken at the meeting of the Inter-Governmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) held at Bangkok in 2007?
he details of action proposed to be taken to combat Global Warming in the country in the aftermath of the decisions taken at the meeting of the Inter-Governmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) held at Bangkok in 2007?
MINISTER OF STATE IN THE MINISTRY OF ENVIRONMENT AND FORESTS(SHRI NAMO NARAIN MEENA)
The meeting of the Inter-Governmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) held at Bangkok during
2007 considered and adopted the Report of the Working Group III of the IPCC relating to
mitigation, which constitutes a part of the 4th Assessment Report of the IPCC. The Report does
not make specific recommendation to be followed by the Governments. The Report, however,
provides the assessment of peer reviewed research papers relating to mitigation of climate
change.
The Government of India is aware of the details of the Report and has launched the National
Action Plan on Climate Change in June 2008 to outline its strategy to meet the challenge of
Climate Change. The National Action Plan advocates a strategy that promotes, firstly, the
adaptation to Climate Change and secondly, further enhancement of the ecological sustainability
of India’s development path. Eight National Missions which form the core of the National
Action Plan represent multi-pronged, long term and integrate strategies for achieving key
goals in the context of climate change. The focus is on promoting understanding of Climate
Change, adaptation and mitigation, energy efficiency and natural resource conservation. While,
several of these programmes are already a part of the current actions, the Action Plan seeks
to enhance them in scope, and effectiveness and implement them in an accelerated manner through
time bound plans