New Delhi, April 07, 2022 (PPI-OT):India will need investments worth $12.4 trillion, nearly half of the US GDP, from developed nations and investors to help its economy transition to net-zero carbon emissions by 2060, says a report.
Without capital inflows and grants from the developed world, emerging economies including India’s will see household consumption fall by 5% on average each year, says the study by Standard Chartered Plc, a London-based British multinational banking and financial services company.
Eight emerging markets – India, China, Indonesia, Kenya, South Africa, UAE, Nigeria and South Africa – will together need $94.8 trillion in transition finance from developed markets if they are to meet climate goals without affecting their citizens’ cost of living, the report said.
Developing economies have raised concerns about richer nations not meeting their climate finance commitment of $100 billion, made in Paris in 2015. India sought $1 trillion in funding from the developed world to help meet its net-zero goal by 2070, during the global climate talks in November.
If India’s financial needs are provided by developed markets, household spending in its economy could increase by $7.9 trillion. Instead, if India were to self-finance its transition costs, the average Indian household spending could fall by as much as $5.8 trillion, according to the report.
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