The government does not agree with a private weather agency’s report on climate change that 11 out of 15 hottest places in the world are from India, the Lok Sabha was told on Friday.
In response to BJP MP Jagdambika Pal’s questions, Union Environment Minister Prakash Javadekar said the government does not agree with the findings of the agency — El Dorado Weather and the data on its website varies every day.
“The report of hottest places — 11 out of 15 hottestplaces in the world are from India — is based on a newspaper article quoting aprivate weather forecasting agency El Dorado Weather.
“The agency in its webpage reports the 15 places withmaximum temperature of last 24 hours on daily basis and the hottest places varyeach day. Government of India does not authenticate nor agree to the findingsof the report,” the minister responded.
The environment ministry also said to tackle the problem ofclimate change, the government is implementing the National Action Plan onClimate Change (NAPCC) which comprises missions in specific areas of solarenergy, energy efficiency, water, agriculture, Himalayan eco-system,sustainable habitat, green India and strategic knowledge on climate change.
Climate actions at the state-level are based on the StateAction Plans on Climate Change (SAPCC), the ministry said.
“Thirty-three States/Union Territories have preparedtheir SAPCC on lines of the NAPCC taking into account states’ specific issuesrelating to climate change. These SAPCCs inter-alia outline sector specific andcross sectoral priority climate actions,” it said.
The ministry said that another scheme — the NationalAdaptation Fund for Climate Change (NAFCC) — was being implemented to supportadaptation measures of States/Union Territories in areas that are particularlyvulnerable to the adverse impacts of climate change.
“Under NAFCC, 30 projects have been sanctioned in 27states to tackle the issues related to adaptation in agriculture, water,forestry, etc. The government has also embarked on ambitious actions in theareas of renewable energy, afforestation, energy efficiency, and urbandevelopment,” it said.
The ministry informed the House that to handle climatechange, India Meteorological Department (IMD) has modernized its observationsystem by installing a network of doppler weather radars, automatic weatherstations, automatic rain gauge stations, etc. For monitoring abnormal weatherpatterns. IMD has also upgraded its forecasting skills sothat advance warning can be provided to agencies concerned to tackle theadverse impacts of extreme weather events, it said.