India is the third biggest CO2 emitter in world
According to the new data released by a Washington based think-tank, India is the third biggest emitter of carbon dioxide in the world, with state owned NTPC topping the list of companies belching the deadly gas. The Center for Global Development said India figured at the third position in the list of biggest CO2 emitters through power generation after China and the US.
It said that of the 638,000,000 tonnes of CO2 emission by India every year, NTPC alone contributes 186,000,000 tonnes, which constitutes about 30% of the total gas release. Talcher power plant in Orissa operated by the company has the notoriety of emitting the biggest quantity of CO2. As many as 16 power plants operated by NTPC are in CGD’s "Red Alert" category for spewing out the deadly gas in the country.
The findings, part of a recent report by CGD on "China surpassing the US as the world’s biggest emitter of CO2 from power generation", also name Russia, Germany, Japan, the UK, Australia, South Africa, and South Korea among the world's top ten power sector emitter in absolute terms.
Describing the recent data as a cause of serious concern CGD said the climate scientists warned that the amount of CO2 and other greenhouse gases in the atmosphere must be quickly stabilized to avert climate catastrophe, which would hit first and worst in the developing world, with declining agricultural productivity, droughts, floods and rapid sea-level rise hitting densely populated, low lying regions.
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