India on course to become third-biggest CO2 emitter
May 11, 2010 (Reuters) — India’s greenhouse gas emissions grew 58 per cent between 1994 and 2007, official figures released on Tuesday showed, underlining the country’s growing importance in the fight against climate change. Emissions rose to 1.9 billion tonnes in 2007 versus 1.2 billion in 1994, with the industrial and transport sectors upping their share in Asia’s third largest economy and confirming India’s ranking among the world’s top five carbon polluters. By way of comparison, between 1994 and 2007, India added more than the entire emissions produced annually by Australia. Figures in the government report, released by Environment Minister Jairam Ramesh at a conference in New Delhi, show India is closing in on Russia, now the world’s third largest greenhouse gas emitter, at nearly 2.2 billion tonnes in 2007. …
