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India third largest contributor to carbon emission'
Why is it in news?
- Global carbon emissions are set to hit an all-time high of 37.1 billion tonnes of CO2 in 2018, according to researchers at the University of East Anglia (UEA) and the Global Carbon Project.
- India the third-highest contributor is projected to see emissions rise by 6.3% from 2017.
- The 2.7% projected global rise in 2018 has been driven by appreciable growth in coal use for the second year in a row .It sustained growth in oil and gas use
Trends in carbon emission
- CO2 emissions have now risen for a second year after three years of little to no growth from 2014 to 2016. The rise in 2017 was 1.6%.
- The 10 biggest emitters in 2018 : China, U.S. India, Russia, Japan, Germany, Iran, Saudi Arabia, South Korea, and Canada. The EU as a region of countries ranks third.
- China’s emissions accounted for 27% of the global total having grown an estimated 4.7% in 2018 and reaching a new all-time high.
- Emissions in the U.S., which has withdrawn from its commitment to the Paris Agreement, account for 15% of the global total, and look set to have grown about 2.5% in 2018 after several years of decline.
- Limiting global warming to the 2015 Paris Agreement goal of keeping the global temperature increase this century to well below 2°C would need carbon dioxide emissions to decline by 50% by 2030 and reach net zero by about 2050.
Source
The Hindu