Cutting carbon emissions Coal fired power plants are the biggest
source of manmade CO2 emissions. This makes coal energy the
single greatest threat our climate faces. In India up to 40
percent of our current CO2 emissions comes from coal fired power
stations. To avoid the worst impacts of climate change,
including widespread drought, flooding and massive population
displacement caused by rising sea levels, we need to keep global
temperature rise below 2ºC (compared to pre-industrial levels).
To do this, global greenhouse gases emission must peak by 2015
and go down to zero from there. India is the third largest
emitter of carbon dioxide after China and the US. Its emissions
are expected to have significant growth over the next 20 years
or so. Our emissions come from various activities but the
largest share is from the electricity sector because of the way
we produce most of our electricity today. Coal based power
plants produce 70 percent of our electricity needs and 40
percent of our total carbon dioxide emi