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Tropical Meteorology and National Environmental Engineering Institute (NEERI). As per the data provided by CPCB, the levels of Nitrogen Dioxide were higher on next day of Diwali than the Diwali day during last three years. However, levels of Sulphur Dioxide and Particulate Matter have size less than 10 micron (PM10) were lower. Formation of fog is associated with stable metrological conditions in atmosphere. (b). As reported by CPCB, conclusive reference is not avai lable that fluctuating and polluted weather condition after Diwali causes severe health hazards that harm throat track and cause breathing problems. (c). Noise limits for sound making fire crackers at manufacturing stage have been notified and implemented by Petroleum and Explosives Safety Organisation. Advertisements are issued for public awareness on the occasion of Diwali. Awareness programmes among students are undertaken through Eco Clubs in Delhi by Government of NCT Delhi. ******* GOVERNMENT OF INDIA MINISTRY OF ENVIRONMENT & FORESTS RAJYA SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 794 TO BE ANSWERED ON 12. 12.2013 Working to replace Kyoto Protocol 794. Shrimati Wansuk Syiem: Wi ll the Minister of Environment and Forests be pleased to state: (a) whether India along with other developing nations is working towards forging a treaty by 2015 to replace the Kyoto Protocol, the only global pact limiting fossil fuel emissions; (b) whether India is pleading to developed nations to pledge an aid of $1 00 billion a year commensurate with the levels of their own emissions before asking the poorer nations to set their own targets; and (c) whether 1997 Kyoto agreement leaves out the developing nations to make voluntary contributions while setting emissions levels for richer nations? Answer MINISTER OF STATE (INDEPENDENT CHARGE) FOR ENVIRONMENT AND FORESTS (SHRIMATI JAYANTHI NATARAJAN): (a) In Durban during the seventeenth meeting of the Conference of Parties (COP 17), held in 2011, the Parties (including India) to the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC) decided to launch a process to develop a protocol , another legal instrument oran agreed outcome with legal force under the Convention applicable to all Parties and adoptit at its twenty-first session in 2015. This arrangement will come into effect from 2020. (b) According to the Cancun Decisions,taken during the sixteenth meeting of Conference of Parties in 2010, developed countries took a collective commitment to provide new and additiona l resources by mobilizing jointly USD 100 billion per year by 2020 to address the needs of developing countries. Developing Countries including India has maintained that the developed country parties must fulfill their commitments under the Convention. (c) Yes, Sir. The 1997 Kyoto Protocol recognizes that rich and developed countries are responsible for high levels of greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions and has put emissions reduction targets of GHGs on these countries, without imposing any mandatory GHG emission reduction targets on developing countries. ******* GOVERNMENT OF I NDIA MINISTRY OF ENVIRONMENT & FORESTS RAJYA SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 14 TO BE ANSWERED ON 05.12 .2013 Fast melting of lakes, falls and glaciers 14. Shri Bhagat Singh Koshyari : Will the Minister of Environment and Forests be pleased to state: (a) whether lakes, falls and glaciers mainly in Himalayan region are melting very fast due to cl imatic change and global warming; if so, the detai ls thereof; (b) whether the destruction occurred in Kedarnath is also due to melting of glaciers; and