Global Carbon Project : Report
India’s carbon dioxide (CO2) emissions from burning fossil fuels are expected to increase by 4.6% in 2024, the highest among major economies, according to a new report by Global Carbon Project.
- Carbon Dioxide is a colourless gashaving a faint sharp odour and a sour taste.
- It is an important heat-trapping gas, also known as a greenhouse gas.
- It comes from the extraction and burning of fossil fuels (such as coal, oil, and natural gas), from wildfires, and natural processes like volcanic eruptions.
- It is one of the most important greenhouse gas (GHG) in the atmosphere and is the primary driver of anthropogenic climate change.
- Studies have shown that CO2 has contributed more than any driver to climate change.
- It is much more abundant in the atmosphere compared to CH4 and HFCs.
- CO2 remains in the atmosphere longer than the other major GHGs emitted due to human activities.
- After a pulse of CO2 is emitted into the atmosphere, 40% will remain in the atmosphere for 100 years and 20% will reside for 1000 years, while the final 10% will take 10,000 years to turn over,” a report by the Union of Concerned Scientists (UCS), a US-based non-profit organisation.
