GOVERNMENT OF INDIA

MINISTRY OF ENVIRONMENT AND FORESTS

LOK SABHA

UNSTARRED QUESTION NO: 57

ANSWERED ON: 0.08.2013 

RISE IN GLOBAL TEMPERATURE 

(a) whether the average rate of temperature is rising in the country due to global warming; 

(b) if so, the details thereof along with reaction of the Government thereto; 

(c) whether the International Energy Agency has also expressed concerns about India; and 

(d) if so, the details thereof? 

ANSWER

(a) and (b) As per the Second National Communication submitted to the United Nations Framewor Convention on Climate Change in May, 2012, Indias annual mean temperature showed significant warming trends of 0.0C per 100 years during the period 1901-2007. As per the report, mean temperature has increased by about 0.2 0C per decade for the period 1971-2007. 

Recognising the challenges of Climate Change, Government has released the National Action Plan on Climate Change (NAPCC) on June 30 2008 with a view to enhance the ecological sustainability of Indias development path. 

(c) and (d) International Energy Agency in its report titled Understanding Energy Challenges in India published in 2012 reported that India had the third largest energy demand in the world in 2009 and the demand will continue to grow at 3.1 from 2009-203. The largest demand would come from coal.