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Title: Carbon emissions see 1041% spike in past 44 years
Source:The Hindustan Times
Date:6 November 2017
India was ranked the third-highest carbon dioxide (CO2) emitter in the world in 2015 after China and USA, according to the International Energy Agency, a Paris-based energy policy advisor to 29 countries globally rallying for clean energy. The study titled ‘CO2 Emissions from Fuel Combustion (Highlights) 2017’ saw CO2 levels from fuel combustion increase in India from 181 million tonnes (MT) in 1971 to 2,066 MT in 2015, a 1,041% increase. Excluding China, India’s emissions accounted for 46% of total emissions in Asia.
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