The blog is maintained by Shanta Devarajan, the Chief Economist of the South Asia Region at the World Bank. Its goal is to create conversation around how South Asia can end poverty in a generation. Briefly, part of the post on climate change is below:”As world leaders meet this week in New York and Washington to discuss climate change and ways to mitigate its effects, the discussion frequently turns to the large, fast-growing economies such as China and India who are, and are likely to be, among the largest emitters of carbon dioxide (CO2) and other greenhouse gases. But despite being the world’s second most populous country and fourth largest economy, India’s CO2 emissions is still only one-fifth that of the U.S. or China. Furthermore, India is one of the lowest-intensity producers of CO2 among the large countries. India’s per-capita emissions of CO2 is about one metric ton per person, compared with 4 as the world average, 9 for the United Kingdom and 20 for the U.S.. In a group of 70 of the world’s largest emitters, India ranks in the bottom 10 (http://go.worldbank.org/0XAV4BYO60). In terms of carbon emissions per unit of GDP (measured at Purchasing Power Parity, or PPP), too, India is virtually the lowest among comparator countries (see chart). Finally, unlike in other countries, India’s carbon intensity did not rise as economic growth accelerated in the last decade.”

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