India’s proposed climate action plan is quite ambitious, but there is still more room for it to step up decarbonisation efforts, says a recently released report from McKinsey.
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The country has a low per capita emission, but a very high economic intensity of emission. On top, it is the third-largest emitter. McKinsey says that under an accelerated decarbonisation pathway, India could create 287 tonnes of carbon space by 2070.