Indian GHG Emissions Jump 58% 1994 - 2007 - Now At 1.9 Billion Tons Annually - AFP

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India's annual greenhouse gas emissions increased by 58 percent from 1994-2007, driven by higher industrial activity, energy production and transport, government figures showed Tuesday. "Between 1994 and 2007, some of the sectors indicate significant growth in greenhouse gas emissions, such as cement production, electricity generation and transport," said a report released by Environment
Minister Jairam Ramesh.

Total annual greenhouse gas emissions grew from 1.25 billion tonnes in 1994 to 1.90 billion tonnes in 2007, confirming India among the world's biggest emitters. Despite the increase, "the emissions of the United States and China are almost four times that of India in 2007", Ramesh told reporters.

China and the United States are the world's top emitters of greenhouse gases and disagreement between the two on slashing their carbon dioxide output was a major cause of the failure of UN-sponsored climate change talks last year.

Ahead of a UN climate conference in Copenhagen in December last year, India offered to reduce its carbon intensity -- the amount of energy used per unit of gross domestic product -- by 20 to 25 percent by 2020 compared to 2005 levels.

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