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Date: 2007-12
India has become a major global player in carbon emissions — it is now number four in the world in its overall carbon dioxide emissions, behind China, the United States and the EU. India’s emissions per capita increased by 50 per cent in the last 15 years.
-- World Economic Forum - Global Risk Network, report ‘India@Risk: Six global challenges ahead’






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