August 20, 2024 by Narasimhan Santhanam Director - EAI
India – Prominent industries and their GHG Emissions (%) Total: 3.4 billion tons CO2 equivalent, 2023 So, this is perhaps the most anticipated break-down! How much does each industry contribute to India’s GHG? Well, most of the industries in the Top 10 should not surprise you, of course, but some...
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August 20, 2024 by Narasimhan Santhanam Director - EAI
Now, this is another interesting break-up for India’s GHG emissions: By fuel. Here are my estimates for emissions by fuel source: Coal: 65-70% Oil: 12-13% Natural gas: 5-7% Others (livestock & fugitive methane emissions, N2O emissions): 14-15% It will hardly come as a surprise when you see the chap on...
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August 20, 2024 by Narasimhan Santhanam Director - EAI
India GHG Emissions in 2023 Domain Breakup – EAI estimate In 20230, the total emissions (emissions of all GHGs, in CO2eq) was 3.4 billion tons. Now, most of us tend to think of thermal electricity, heating fuels or oil (fossil fuels) when we think of emissions. To a large extent,...
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August 20, 2024 by Narasimhan Santhanam Director - EAI
India GHG Emissions Breakup by Sectors Year: 2023; Total: 3.4 billion tons How are India’s GHG emissions split between various sectors – Industrial, Agricultural, Residential? Here’s the split, based on my calculations and estimates: Industrial & commercial activities: 1.7 billion tons (50%) Agri & livestock: 0.7 billion tons (20%) Residential activities:...
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August 20, 2024 by Narasimhan Santhanam Director - EAI
The total GHG emissions for 2023 are about 3.4 billion tons CO2 equivalent. The source used to make the above estimate is this. Check out how this is broken up by: Domain (Energy, Non-energy, Process Emissions, Agri..) Sector (Industrial, Agri, Residential..) End Use (Power, Heating, Transport…) Fuel source (Coal, Oil,...
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August 20, 2024 by Narasimhan Santhanam Director - EAI
Hello all – While there is so much talk, action and investment on climate change & GHG emissions, surprisingly, I found very few well researched resources for data on these emissions, especially their break-ups. There have of course been some excellent efforts, but most of them were dated with data...
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August 13, 2024 by Narasimhan Santhanam Director - EAI
DIL – stands for Decarbonization for India’s Leaders – is a platform at EAI where we provide decarbonization and climate action highlights for India’s corporate leaders. DIL Weekly is a weekly digest of these highlights. See all DIL Weekly issues from here. Get all DIL updates from here. == DIL...
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August 1, 2024 by Narasimhan Santhanam Director - EAI
This is my first attempt at being a cartoonist…and that too with the sustainability theme…hope you like it!
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August 1, 2024 by Narasimhan Santhanam Director - EAI
DIL – stands for Decarbonization for India’s Leaders – is a platform at EAI where we provide decarbonization and climate action highlights for India’s corporate leaders. DIL Weekly is a weekly digest of these highlights. See all DIL Weekly issues from here. Get all DIL updates from here. == DIL...
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July 17, 2024 by Narasimhan Santhanam Director - EAI
DIL – stands for Decarbonization for India’s Leaders – is a platform at EAI where we provide decarbonization and climate action highlights for India’s corporate leaders. DIL Weekly is a weekly digest of these highlights. See all DIL Weekly issues from here. Get all DIL updates from here. == DIL...
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