Carbon Emissions from Energy Use in India: Decomposition Analysis

Jana, Sebak Kumar and Lise, Wietze (2023): Carbon Emissions from Energy Use in India: Decomposition Analysis.

Abstract

For becoming fastest-growing large economy in the world, India has set a target growth rate of 9%, reaching an economy of $5 trillion by 2024-25. It is an immense challenge to meet both the growth target and keeping the CO2 emissions under control. The present paper aims at discovering the determinants for explaining CO2 emissions in India by carrying out a complete decomposition analysis, where the residuals are fully distributed to the determinants, for the country during the period 1990–2018. The analysis reveals that the biggest contributor to the rise in CO2 emissions in India is the expansion of the economy (scale effect). The intensity of CO2 and the change in composition of the economy, which nearly move in tandem, also contribute to the rise in CO2 emissions, although more slowly. A declining energy intensity of Indian economy is responsible for a considerable reduction in CO2 emissions. As a typical result for an upcoming economy, this paper did not find evidence for an environmental Kuznets curve. This implies that continued economic growth will lead to a continued increases in CO2 emissions.

• Item Type: MPRA Paper
• Language: English
• Keywords: Decomposition analysis; India; Energy; CO2 emissions; Economic growth; Environmental Kuznets curve
• Subjects: Q - Agricultural and Natural Resource Economics ; Environmental and Ecological Economics > Q4 - Energy > Q43 - Energy and the Macroeconomy

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