In India, emissions are expected to grow by a solid 6.3 per cent in 2018, pushed by strong economic growth of around 8 per cent per year.
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The emissions in the rest of the world are expected to grow
by 1.8 per cent in 2018. (File)
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NEW DELHI:
India is the fourth highest
emitter of carbon dioxide in the world, accounting for 7 per cent of global
emissions in 2017, a study said on Wednesday.
The top four emitters in 2017,
which covered 58 per cent of global emissions, were China (27 per cent), the US
(15 per cent), the European Union (10 per cent) and India (7 per cent),
according to the projection by the Global Carbon Project. The rest of the world
contributed 41 per cent last year, it said.
India's emissions look set to
continue their strong growth by an average of 6.3 per cent in 2018, with growth
across all fuels - coal (7.1pc), oil (2.9pc) and gas (6.0pc), the study said.
The top 10 emitters were China, the US, the EU, India, Russia, Japan, Germany,
Iran, Saudi Arabia and South Korea.
The study also said that the
Indian emissions were projected to grow 2 per cent in 2017, compared to 6 per
cent per year averaged over the previous decade, due to significant government
interventions in the economy.
In India, emissions are expected
to grow by a solid 6.3 per cent in 2018, pushed by strong economic growth of
around 8 per cent per year. "Coal is still the mainstay of the Indian
economy, and as in China, it will be a challenge for solar and wind to displace
coal, given the strong growth in energy use," it said.
It also said that although global
coal use is still 3 per cent lower than its historical high, it is expected to
grow in 2018, driven by growth in energy consumption in China and India.
The emissions in the rest of the
world -- remaining 41 per cent of global emissions -- are expected to grow by
1.8 per cent in 2018. This group is of mainly developing countries and the five
countries contributing most to the growth in this grouping in the last decade
are Saudi Arabia, Iran, Turkey, Iraq and South Korea, the study said.
China, India and the European
Union are setting the pace. These regions represent 40 per cent of global
carbon emissions.
They are set to achieve more than
what they agreed in the first round of Paris Agreement in 2015.
Their leaders can step up and
announce even bolder programmes at the UN summit in September, 2019, to review
the commitments made during Paris Agreement, it said.
The study said that while China
and India still rely heavily on coal, the US and the EU are slowly
decarbonising.
India can continue to deploy
solar farms, leveraging its leadership of the International Solar Alliance to
displace coal and clean up its smog-choked cities. By 2020, India can announce
its own fossil-fuel exit strategy and a target date for its peak CO2 emissions,
the study said.
The study warned that the global
emissions of carbon dioxide from fossil fuels and industry are projected to
rise for the second consecutive year in 2018, by more than 2 per cent to a new
record, mainly due to sustained growth in oil and gas use.
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