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"India has contributed only around 4 per cent of global cumulative emissions from 1850 to 2019, despite being home to around one-sixth of humanity," Union Minister of State for Environment Ashwini Kumar Choubey told Rajya Sabha.
The country's emissions can grow as it is a developing country with sustainable development and poverty eradication among its leading priorities
Though India is not part of the problem, it has done more than its fair share to combat climate change, the government said on Thursday. Replying to a question in Rajya Sabha, Minister of State for Environment Ashwini Kumar Choubey said historical and current greenhouse gas emissions of the developed countries are responsible for global warming and these countries should,
The issues prioritised by developing countries must be placed front and center with loud voices and clear asks
Both forests and wetlands of the country are crucial carbon sinks which have not been factored in while computing the projected greenhouse gas emissions trajectory up to 2050 given by Environmental Performance Index 2022, said the Union Environment Ministry