Published on : 06 Nov 2025, 9:06 am

The recently published United Nations Emissions Gap Report shows that India was the global topper in absolute greenhouse gas (GHG) emission increase from 2023 to 2024. On a percentage scale, India’s increase was second only to Indonesia during the period. The findings, along with the fact that India has failed to submit its carbon emission cut plan within the September 30 deadline, is expected to put the country under the scanner at the 30th Conference of Parties (COP30) to the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change in Brazil’s Belem, according to environmentalists.

The United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP) report finds that the world is on course to a 2.8 degrees Celsius (°C) rise compared to pre-industrial era values, a timel

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