I. Without a global efforts to rapidly reduce greenhouse gas emissions, average global temperatures are very likely to exceed 2°C even with current policies in place.
II. While many developing countries made net-zero pledges at COP26 in Glasgow, they face enormous developmental challenges in their attempts to grow in a climate-constrained world.
III. Unless the energy-intensive growth trajectories of the industrialised world, India’s economic growth in the last three decades, led by growth in the services sector, has come at a significantly lower emissions footprint.