Climate actions can save India 3 times its GDP, but rich nations must pay

India's emissions of carbon dioxide (CO2) grew 6% a year over 16 years to 2016, faster than China's 3.2% and the world's average 1.3%

India can save three times its gross domestic product (GDP) and help the world save a million lives a year if it scales up its climate actions to help the global community limit global average temperature rise to 1.5 degrees Celsius (oC), said a World Health Organization (WHO) study released on December 5, 2018. This is a more ambitious target than the 2oC agreed under the Paris Agreement in 2015.

Doing this would require massive investment, but historical emitters--the rich, industrialised countries--have failed to make good their commitments to provide funds under the Paris Agreement. “The