India's emissions per person in 2022 will be less than half the world average: Report

 India's emissions per person in 2022 will be less than half the world average: Report

Also, since the Industrial Revolution, the US has been the biggest emitter of CO2.

According to a research issued here on Tuesday, India's per capita carbon dioxide emissions were less than half the world average even though they were expected to increase by about five percent to 2 tons in 2022.

A group of worldwide scientists called the Global Carbon Project claims that the United States leads the world in per capita emissions, with each citizen releasing 14.9 tonnes of CO2 (carbon dioxide). Russia comes in second with 11.4 tonnes and Japan comes in third with 8.5 tonnes. China (8) and the European Union (6.2) are the locations. 4.7 tons was the average worldwide. Since the Industrial Revolution, the United States has been the leading emitter of CO2.

The United States has emitted 115 gigatonnes of carbon dioxide (GtC) in total between 1850 and 2022, accounting for 24% of global emissions. The European Union has emitted 80 gigatonnes C (17%), while China has emitted 70 gigatonnes C (15%). Since 1850, India has emitted 15 GtC, or 3% of the total global emissions.

According to data from the Global Carbon Project, India's per capita emissions would increase to 2 tonnes in 2022, a 5.1% increase. Nonetheless, experts reported that, in 2022, India accounted for 8% of global CO2 emissions, ranking third only to the United States (14%), and China (31%). In terms of global emissions last year, the EU contributed 7%, Russia 4%, and Japan 3%.

According to him, India's overall emissions are expected to rise by 8.2 percent (from 6.7% to 9.7%) in 2022, with increases expected from cement (8.8%), natural gas (5.6%), coal (9.5%), and oil (5.3%). Scientists said that while rising power consumption is a major factor driving coal's development, there is not enough new renewable energy generation to keep up with this expansion.

China's CO2 emissions are expected to rise by 4% in 2023. It has decreased by 3.4 percent in the United States and 7.4 percent in the European Union. 36.8 billion tons of carbon dioxide will have been emitted into the atmosphere by the end of the year, which is 1.1% greater than it was the previous year.

The rise was noted in the midst of international climate negotiations in Dubai, where nations are attempting to determine how to reduce emissions by forty-three percent by 2030 in order to keep global warming to 1.5 degrees Celsius. that a barrier exists to stop the effects of climate change from growing worse.

The Cicero Center for International Climate study, Ludwig-Maximilians-University Munich, the University of Exeter, the University of East Anglia (UEA), and ninety other international academic institutions comprised the study team.

The study's lead author, Exeter Global Systems Institute professor Pierre Friedlingstein, stated: "While the effects of climate change are readily apparent, the reduction of carbon emissions from fossil fuels has been incredibly slow." According to Friedlingstein, it now seems certain that we will beyond the 1.5 degree Celsius threshold set by the Paris Agreement. To maintain the 2-degree Celsius objective, world leaders gathered at COP28 will need to further reduce emissions from fossil fuels. but I have to concur.

The Global Carbon Budget Team predicts that in around seven years, there is a 50% risk that global warming would regularly surpass 1.5 degrees Celsius at present emissions levels. According to Professor Corinne Le Querre, Royal Society Research Professor at the University of East Anglia's School of Environmental Sciences, the most recent CO2 data indicates that efforts to reduce global emissions toward net zero are neither extensive nor profound enough. However, certain trends in emissions are beginning to change, indicating that climate policies can be successful.

The economy of every nation must decarbonize more quickly than they do now in order to prevent the worst effects of climate change.