National Action Plan on Climate Change includes a National Mission on Strategic Knowledge for Climate Change. The Mission envisages building of a knowledge system including a database that would inform and support national action for responding effectively to the objective of ecologically sustainable development.
The Government has launched the National Environmental Sciences Fellow Programme for Indian Scientists to do cutting-edge research on critical issues related to environment in collaboration with selected environmental schools/institutions in India.
Government has not issued or proposes to issue any direction to State Governments including Bihar for setting up a Climate Change Evaluation Institute. No such Centre has been set-up so far.
India and China have signed an Agreement on Cooperation on addressing climate change that covers, inter-alia, cooperation in observation and monitoring of climate change and undertaking mutually cooperative activities and programmes, as appropriate. The Agreement covers the areas of energy efficiency, renewable energy, clean energy technologies, sustainable agriculture and afforestation. This Agreement seeks to enhance cooperation with China, promoting mutual understanding and coordination on international issues relating to climate change and cooperation in the area of research development and diffusion of technologies.
Minister for External Affairs had a Meeting with the Foreign Minister of the Republic of China during 5-8 April 2010 in China. The Meeting was in the larger context of global developments. The two countries exchanged views on cooperation in finding a solution to global issue of climate change.
This information was given by the Minister of State for Environment and Forests (independent charge) Shri Jairam Ramesh in a written reply to a question by Shri Rayapati Sambasiva Rao, Shrimati Meena Singh, Shri Tathagata Satpathy, Shri Bijayant Jay Panda & Shri Nityananda in Lok Sabha today.
Source:PIB, April 28, 2010
