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Total Energy Consumption in India (2001E): 12.8 quadrillion Btu* (3.2% of
world total energy consumption)
Energy-Related Carbon Emissions (2001E): 251.3 million metric tons of
carbon (3.8% of world total carbon emissions)
Per Capita Energy Consumption (2001E): 12.6 million Btu (vs U.S. value of
341.8 million Btu)
Per Capita Carbon Emissions (2001E): 0.25 metric tons of carbon (vs U.S.
value of 5.5 metric tons of carbon)
Energy Intensity (2001E): 25,307 Btu/$1995 (vs U.S. value of 10,736 Btu/
$1995)**
Carbon Intensity (2001E): 0.50 metric tons of carbon/thousand $1995 (vs
U.S. value of 0.17 metric tons/thousand $1995)**
Sectoral Share of Energy Consumption (1998E): Industrial (41.0%),
Transportation (9.5%), Residential (47.3%), Commercial (2.2%)
Sectoral Share of Carbon Emissions (1998E): Industrial (67.3%),
Transportation (15.6%), Residential (13.7%), Commercial (3.3%)
Fuel Share of Energy Consumption (2001E): Coal (50.9%), Oil (34.4%),
Natural Gas (6.5%)
Fuel Share of Carbon Emissions (2001E): Coal (64.5%), Oil (30.3%),
Natural Gas (5.2%)
Renewable Energy Consumption (1998E): 9,015 trillion Btu* (2% increase
from 1997)
Number of People per Motor Vehicle (1998): 142.9 (vs U.S. value of 1.3)
Status in Climate Change Negotiations: Non-Annex I country under the
United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (ratified November 1st,
1993). Not a signatory to the Kyoto Protocol.
Major Environmental Issues in India: Deforestation; soil erosion;
overgrazing; desertification; air pollution in India from industrial effluents
and vehicle emissions; water pollution from raw sewage and runoff of
agricultural pesticides; tap water is not potable throughout the country; huge
and rapidly growing population is overstraining natural resources.
Major International Environmental Agreements: A party to the
Antarctic-Environmental Protocol, Antarctic Treaty, Biodiversity, Climate
Change, Desertification, Endangered Species, Environmental Modification,
Hazardous Wastes, Law of the Sea, Nuclear Test Ban, Ozone Layer Protection, Ship
Pollution, Tropical Timber 83, Tropical Timber 94, Wetlands and Whaling.
* The total energy consumption statistic of India
includes petroleum, dry natural gas, coal, net hydro, nuclear, geothermal,
solar, wind, wood and waste electric power. The renewable energy consumption
statistic is based on International Energy Agency (IEA) data and includes
hydropower, solar, wind, tide, geothermal, solid biomass and animal products,
biomass gas and liquids, industrial and municipal wastes. Sectoral shares of
energy consumption and carbon emissions are also based on IEA data.
**GDP based on EIA International Energy Annual 2001
India environment. 2001 data.
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