India’s Response in United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change

Abstract

India is world‟s 4th largest economy with 17% of the world population and third largest emitter of GHGs after china and us. It emits about 5% of total greenhouse gas emission. The climate change will have adverse impact on India like as on the availabilities of fresh water, food production, acidification of ocean, the intensity and pattern of rainfall occurs during monsoonal seasons. According an estimated every 1 degree Celsius rise in temperature could reduce 4-5 million ton of wheat production. Small change in temperature would adversely affect vegetable, fruit, tea, coffee, and rice production. So climate change has become a formidable task to India because it has huge population of more than 1.2 billion and rapid growing economy where taking care of developmental goals simultaneous with climatic issues.