Bharat ranked tenth on an inventory of over 60 nations assessed for efforts to combat situation exchange regardless of shedding two spots in comparison to closing in the past, because of its low according to capita emissions and speedy deployment of renewables, a document mentioned on Wednesday (November 20, 2024).
The Shape Alternate Efficiency Index (CCPI 2025) document, absolved at the yearly UN situation convention in Baku, leaves the primary 3 parks blank adopted through Denmark (fourth playground) and the Netherlands week the most important two emitters, China and the U.S., stay very low at fifty fifth and 57th playground, respectively.
Printed through assume tanks Germanwatch, Fresh Shape Institute, and Shape Motion Community Global, the CCPI tracks the go of the sector’s greatest emitters with regards to emissions, renewables, and situation coverage.
The 63 nations, at the side of the Ecu Union, assessed within the CCPI are liable for 90% of worldwide emissions.
Bharat ranks tenth on this day’s CCPI, too much some of the very best performers.
Alternatively, noting that noteworthy alterations in Bharat’s situation coverage are not going, the CCPI document mentioned the growth-oriented solution to situation motion is anticipated to proceed or accentuate, pushed through emerging power call for from trade and the rising folk.
“While India is the world’s most populous country, it has relatively low per capita emissions and energy use. Renewables have expanded rapidly over the last decade, and India aspires to play a leading role in green energy on the global stage,” the international climate think tanks observed.
India’s per capita emissions stand at 2.9 tons of CO2 equivalent (tCO2e), far below the global average of 6.6 tCO2e. The country, the world’s third-largest greenhouse gas emitter and the fastest growing major economy, has pledged to reach net zero emissions (balancing emissions with removals) by 2070 and aims to achieve 500 gigawatts of renewable energy capacity by 2030, Indian official data shows.
According to CCPI experts, over the past year, India has made considerable progress in renewable energy policy, particularly with large-scale solar power projects and the launch of the Rooftop Solar Scheme.
Energy efficiency standards have been introduced, but their coverage remains inadequate, the report said, adding, India is also advancing in electric vehicle deployment, especially with two-wheelers.
The experts said that despite these positive developments, India remains heavily reliant on coal.
“Bharat is likely one of the 10 nations with the most important advanced coal reserves and is these days making plans to extend its manufacturing,” the report said.
The report leaves the first three places empty, as no country performed well enough across all index categories to achieve an overall “very high” rating.
India and the U.K. are the only two G20 countries among the high performers in the CCPI.
Argentina (59th), which withdrew from COP29 and may pull out of the Paris Agreement of 2015, is one of this year’s biggest losers. Its newly elected president denies human-made climate change, contrary to scientific consensus.
Denmark ranks at the top (but technically fourth place), followed by the Netherlands and the U.K. The U.K., this year’s big climber, benefitted from its coal phase out and the government’s pledge to halt new licenses for fossil fuel projects, the report said.
China, the world’s biggest emitter, ranks 55th, falling to a very low level. Despite promising plans, trends, and measures, the largest economy in Asia remains heavily dependent on coal and lacks sufficient climate targets.
The U.S., the second-largest emitter, remains in 57th place among the very low performers.
The four lowest-ranked countries in the CCPI are Iran (67th), Saudi Arabia (66th), the United Arab Emirates (65th), and Russia (64th), all four among the world’s largest oil and gas producers.
Printed – November 21, 2024 09:10 am IST
