india is making massive investments in solar and has promised to cut emissions by over a third. further, modi has a history of strong green initiatives. expect india to be a leader, here.

it is very typical of the western media to blame the problem on developing countries in order to distract from our own inaction.

www.cbc.ca/news/politics/trudeau-climate-change-deal-1.3341716 

Randi7
India hasn't promised to even LOOK at their emissions until 2020.

Never mind actually DO anything.

jessica murray
completely false.

what india is doing is exactly what we should be doing - they are investing billions (in fact, i saw the number 2.5 trillion) on building clean electricity generation, primarily through solar. they expect to get over 100 gw on line of pure solar within the next couple of years, which would make them the world leader in renewables - ahead of germany.

as it is, their emissions per capita are already very low. one could not reasonably expect them to have a lower emissions per capita. it's just that there's a lot of people there, so even an emissions per capita that is lower than most developing countries (let alone most developed countries...) adds up.

but, the only way to get around the issue is to build clean generation capacity. that is what they are doing. it is what we should be doing, too.

india will feel the worst effects of climate change, of anywhere in the world. you will consequently find few world leaders that are as committed to the issue as modi is, as he has a strong grasp on the potential consequence for india. this is admittedly a change from previous governments. but it is something that has happened.

we need to stop demonizing others and take responsibility for our own actions.

put another way.

india is the second most populous country in the world, and has 17.6% of the population. canada is the 37th and has 0.49% of the population.

yet, india produces the 4th greatest amount of emissions (the eu is third) - and only 5.8% of total emissions. it has an emission-per-capita ratio of 1.7, which is lower than any other major country. the closest i could find was brazil at 2.4. this is an emissions-per-capita ratio that is similar to or in fact lower than most countries in sub-saharan africa.

conversely, canada has an emission-per-capita ratio of 15.7. that is over 9 times as many emissions, per person. we are 0.49% of the world population, but produce 1.6% of the emissions. in order to do our part, we should cut our emissions by seventy percent.

yet, it is india that is leading the way in solar development, and not us.

now, i don't pretend that canada is the major culprit, here. the major culprit remains the united states, which produces 15% of the global emissions with 4.4% of the population. they also need to cut their emissions by 70% in order to their part. they have done absolutely nothing substantive whatsoever. china is also polluting beyond it's population - 18.9% of the population and 29.2% of emissions means they should be looking to reduce emissions by 35%. they have been taking some steps recently, as well.

but, to blame it on india? this is wrong. it's western propaganda. whitewashing, basically.

frankly, the truth is that it's more than a little bit racist - by design.