India will become the third-biggest emitter of carbon dioxide by 2015 and rapid economic growth of the country and its neighbour China will have devastating consequences for the world's energy supply unless the two Asian giants make efforts to curb demand and greenhouse gas emissions.
"India and China will account for around 45 per cent of the increase in global primary energy demand through 2030, when the world's energy needs are expected to be well over 50 per cent higher than they are today," the IEA, an energy policy adviser for its 26-member countries, including the US and 19 European countries, said in a statement.
In its 2007 World Energy Outlook, the Paris-based agency said "How China and India respond to the rising threats to their energy security will also affect the rest of the world."
According to the report, China is expected to overtake the United States as the world's biggest emitter of carbon dioxide this year.
Source:Economic times
What are the investments or actions taken by these developing countries to develop measures to protect the environment?
When the developed countries are struggling to cope up with the changes in the developed infrastructure, the developing countries are actually in a better position to develop infrastructure taking in to account the carbon emissions - are they really doing it ?
With the largest sustainable automotive market growth in China and India - what is the interest/development so far to develop good public transportation?
There is a large focus from the developed countries on developing countries to fight against carbon emissions - Is it a fought as a local phenomenon or a global phenomenon?
The reasoning for the above question is - There is so much of a talk about carbon emissions from international community, but nothing at all about water consumption and water pollution (especially in urban areas of these developing countries) - Is that the local government/economies problem or ????
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