India’s per capita coal emissions surged by 29% in 7 years: Analysis
India saw a 29 per cent increase in per capita coal emissions in 2022 as compared to 2015, while G20 per capita coal emissions rose by about 9 per cent from 1.5 tonnes of carbon dioxide in 2015 to 1.6 tonnes of carbon dioxide in 2022, according to a new analysis by global energy think tank ‘Ember’.
The annual report on ‘Changes in per capita coal power emissions of G20 countries’ also found that 12 out of 20 G20 economies saw declining per capita coal emissions since 2015.
