Per capita CO2 emissions to rise 3-fold by 2030

According to the Planning Commission’s estimates,emission intensity declined by 17.6 per cent between 1990 and 2005,and a further 20-25 per cent reduction is possible from 2005 to 2020,it added.

“This will require that necessary actions in specific sectors are undertaken to reduce emission intensity with necessary provisions of financial and technological resources,including domestic and international support,for achieving low-carbon sustainable development,” the Survey noted.

However,despite various possible measures,the country’s carbon emission level will increase gradually.

“Its (India’s) climate modelling studies show that its per capita emissions will be around 2-2.5 tonnes of carbon-dioxide equivalent by 2020 and around 3-3.5 tonnes of carbon-dioxide equivalent by 2030,compared to around 1-1.2 tonnes presently,” the Survey said.

The pre-Budget survey pointed out that India contributes about 4 per cent of the total global CO2 emissions and the country has conveyed that per capita emission levels would never exceed the average levels of developed countries.