Fact :
According to a report released last month by the United Nations Environment Program (UNEP), India's greenhouse gas emissions per capita were 2.4 tons, well below the global average of 6.3 tons of CO2-eq.
What happened at the summit or COP27 ?
Total 29 countries agreed to develop a Mitigation Work Program (MWP) to "immediately increase mitigation ambition and commitment". Mitigation means reducing emissions, being ambitious means setting tougher targets, and implementation means meeting new and existing targets.
In preparation for COP27, developing countries have expressed concern that the wealth of the MWP will force them to rethink their climate goals without increasing technological and financial support.
Ahead of COP27, India stated that it could not allow the MWP to change the goals set out in the Paris Agreement. “Best practices, new technologies and new forms of cooperation for technology transfer and capacity building can be properly discussed in the work program on mitigation,” the Ministry of the Environment said.
Countries and their contributions Carbon emission:
Global surface temperatures have risen by about 1.15 degrees Celsius compared to the pre-industrial era (1850-1900) average, and emissions of carbon dioxide into the atmosphere since the Industrial Revolution are closely linked to this. The damage was even greater until 1990, when economies such as India began to develop. According to the 2022 Global Carbon Budget report, three countries are expected to account for more than half of global carbon emissions in 2021: China (31%) and the United States (14%). percent) and the European Union (8 percent).
India ranks fourth with 7% of global CO2 emissions.
However, according to a report released last month by the United Nations Environment Program (UNEP), India's per capita greenhouse gas emissions were 2.4tCO2-eq. (carbon equivalent), which is much lower than the global average of 6.3 tCO2-eq.
Per capita emissions :
U.S. : 14tCO2e - Rank 1
Russia :13tCO2e - Rank 2
China : 9.7tCO2e - Rank 3
India : 2.4tCO2e - Rank 4
