![]() While the consumption of products like detergents, soaps and clothing accounted for the majority of carbon footprints in lower expenditure households whereas the demand for durable goods and private transport constituted the highest carbon emissions among higher expenditure households.Īlso read: Wealthy Indians Must Eat Differently from Those Whose Rights They DefendĮlectricity consumption was the highest contributor to household carbon footprints – ranging from 26% in low-expenditure households to 36% among the rich – given India’s reliance on coal-based power plants. It also concluded that to avoid a serious rise in global temperatures this century, the richest would have to rapidly cut their CO2 footprints. According to the UN emissions gap report, the world’s wealthiest 1% account for more than twice the combined carbon emissions of the poorest 50%. The study reinforces global findings on the vast gap between the global rich and the poor when it comes to carbon emissions. If all Indians started to consume as much as the rich do, there would be a nearly 50% rise in emissions, the study held. However, moving the country’s middle-expenditure families to the higher expenditure group would result in a 10% rise in carbon emissions, the study said. The study, which is the first nation-wide, region and class-specific assessment of carbon footprint, used micro consumption data from 203,313 households across 623 districts and concluded that pro-poor development measures led to an incremental increase of 1.97% in carbon emissions. The average carbon footprint of every person in India was estimated at 0.56 tonne per year– with 0.19 tonne per capita among the poor and 1.32 tonne among the rich.Īccording to IndiaSpend, the study combined household expenditure data from the 2013 National Sample Survey Organisation (NSSO) and observed that that food and electricity were two avenues of expenditure that accounted for the majority of emissions in the country across socio-economic groups.Īmong affluent households, expenditures that resulted in high emissions also came from private transport, durables and non-cereal food items. India is the third-largest emitter of greenhouse gases and accounts for 2.46 billion metric tonnes of carbon or 6.8% of the total global emissions. ![]() New Delhi: A recent study by the Research Institute for Humanity and Nature has found that the top 20% of high expenditure households in India generate nearly seven times the carbon emissions compared to low-expenditure households, defined as those who spend less than $1.9 in a day.
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