According to a recent report from the Global Carbon Project covered India's carbon emissions are projected to rise by1.4% in 2025, a significantly slower rate than in previous years. In 2024, for comparison, the country's emissions grew by 4%
Key Reasons for the Slowdown
The report attributes the slower growth in emissions primarily to a couple of factors:
Strong growth in renewable energy:The expansion of clean-energy capacity has led to lower coal use in the power sector. In the first half of 2025, power-sector CO2 emissions fell for only the second time in half a century.
Favorable monsoon:Good monsoon rains reduced the demand for energy-intensive cooling.
Slowing oil demand:Growth in demand for oil products also saw a significant slowdown
Context
Global comparison:While India's growth is slowing, global carbon emissions are expected to rise by 1.1% in 2025. India's projected 1.4% increase is still higher than the global average rise.
Future outlook:Despite the slowdown in the growth rate, India remains the third-largest absolute emitter of carbon dioxide globally. India has committed to achieving net-zero emissions by 2070 and is on track to meet or surpass its current emission intensity targets.
Remaining carbon budget:The scientists behind the report warn that the remaining global carbon budget to limit warming to 1.5°C is "virtually exhausted" and that keeping warming below that threshold is "no longer plausible" with current emission trajectories
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