♦ India’s overall greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions dropped by 7.93 percent in 2020 as compared to 2019, as per the data submitted to the UN climate change office. The data reveals a decline in the emission intensity of India’s GDP by 36 percent from 2005 to 2020. The fourth Biennial Update Report (BUR-4) to the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC) shows total national emissions in 2020 at 2,959 million tonnes of carbon dioxide  equivalent, excluding land use change. 

♦ However, emissions are still up by 98.34 percent since 1994. India is on track with its climate goals, aiming to reduce GDP emission intensity by 45 percent by 2030 and achieve 50 per cent electric power capacity from non-fossil fuels.