India CO2 emissions change 2020

In the fiscal year 2019/2020, carbon dioxide (CO2) emissions in India fell by an estimated 30 million tonnes of CO2 (MtCO2). This was the first time emissions had fallen in the country in four decades, with a drop of three MtCO2 last occurring in 1982.
Although factors such as renewable energy growth and economic slowdown affected these figures, measures, such as lockdowns, implemented to slow the spread of the novel coronavirus (COVID-19) had a big impact in early 2020. According to the source, March of 2020 experienced an estimated 15 percent drop in emissions when compared to the previous year.

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Annual change in carbon dioxide (CO2) emissions in India from 1982 to 2020 (in million tonnes)*

Characteristic	Annual emission change in million tonnes of CO2
2020	-30
2019	132
2018	123
2017	43
2016	74
2015	149
2014	27
2013	127
2012	99
2011	24
2010	74
2009	86
2008	88
2007	91
2006	32
2005	72
2004	49
2003	38
2002	26
2001	13
2000	52
1999	13
1998	25
1997	33
1996	20
1995	40
1994	20
1993	22
1992	34
1991	35
1990	41
1989	40
1988	31
1987	38
1986	27
1985	17
1984	17
1983	19
1982	-3

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May 2020

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India

Survey time period

1982 to 2020

Supplementary notes

*Annual emissions from fossil fuel use in India, millions of tonnes of CO2, 1965-2020. Figures for 2009 onwards correspond with financial years ending that March, with the 2020 number showing fiscal year 2019-20

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