Thursday, May 20, 2010

Steep rise in India greenhouse gas emissions


India's annual greenhouse gas emissions increased by nearly 60% between 1994 and 2007, a government study says.

The government says that emissions grew from 1.2bn tonnes in 1994 to 1.9bn tonnes in 2007, confirming India as one of the world's biggest emitters.

India argues its per capita emissions are far lower than that of most industrialised nations.

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