India needs to check carbon emissions
Presently, India is the sixth largest green house gas emitter in the world.
By PTI |
NEW DELHI: India will become the third largest carbon-dioxide emitter by 2015 after China and the United States if it does not step up efforts to curb emissions, the International Energy Agency (IEA) said today.
Presently, India is the sixth largest green house gas emitter in the world.
In its latest edition of World Energy Outlook (WEO) 2007 which was launched at a function here today, the IEA said rapid economic development will undoubtedly continue to drive up energy demand in China and India.
Economic development will contribute to improvement in the quality of life of more than two billion people but will also push up per capita emission, William C Ramsay, deputy executive director of IEA, who released the outlook, said here.
The WEO, an annual flagship of IEA, which has given details of the energy developments in the two emerging giants and their implications for the world calls for new policies to pave way for alternative energy future.
Ramsay said the energy demand in the two neighbouring countries is bound to increase pushing the "per capita emissions significantly in both China and India, but (it will) still remain below those of OECD nations in 2030," Ramsay said.
"The study demonstrates more clearly than even if the government does not change its policies, oil and gas imports, coal use and greenhouse gas emissions are set to grow inexorably through to 2030, even faster than what we had predicted in the last year's edition," he said.
Energy use would more than double between 2005 and 2030 in China and India which together would account for 45 per cent of the increase in global primary energy demand, Ramsay said.
To meet the demand growth, India would need to invest about $1.35 trillion in energy infrastructure in 2006-2030, over three quarters of which in the power sector.
The Paris-based agency supported the developing countries' resistance to cut down their production calling it a "legitimate aspiration that needs to be accommodated and supported by the rest of the world."
"Most countries stand to benefit economically from China's and India's economic development through international trade," he said.
Ramsay warned that "consequences of unfettered growth in global energy demand are alarming for all countries" unless energy efficient policies are adopted.
"If governments around the world stick to existing policies, the world's energy needs would be well over 50 per cent higher in 2030 than today," he said.
Presently, India is the sixth largest green house gas emitter in the world.
In its latest edition of World Energy Outlook (WEO) 2007 which was launched at a function here today, the IEA said rapid economic development will undoubtedly continue to drive up energy demand in China and India.
Economic development will contribute to improvement in the quality of life of more than two billion people but will also push up per capita emission, William C Ramsay, deputy executive director of IEA, who released the outlook, said here.
The WEO, an annual flagship of IEA, which has given details of the energy developments in the two emerging giants and their implications for the world calls for new policies to pave way for alternative energy future.
Ramsay said the energy demand in the two neighbouring countries is bound to increase pushing the "per capita emissions significantly in both China and India, but (it will) still remain below those of OECD nations in 2030," Ramsay said.
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"The study demonstrates more clearly than even if the government does not change its policies, oil and gas imports, coal use and greenhouse gas emissions are set to grow inexorably through to 2030, even faster than what we had predicted in the last year's edition," he said.
Energy use would more than double between 2005 and 2030 in China and India which together would account for 45 per cent of the increase in global primary energy demand, Ramsay said.
To meet the demand growth, India would need to invest about $1.35 trillion in energy infrastructure in 2006-2030, over three quarters of which in the power sector.
The Paris-based agency supported the developing countries' resistance to cut down their production calling it a "legitimate aspiration that needs to be accommodated and supported by the rest of the world."
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"Most countries stand to benefit economically from China's and India's economic development through international trade," he said.
Ramsay warned that "consequences of unfettered growth in global energy demand are alarming for all countries" unless energy efficient policies are adopted.
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"If governments around the world stick to existing policies, the world's energy needs would be well over 50 per cent higher in 2030 than today," he said.
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