India's Carbon Emissions Grew In 2025 At Slowest Pace In Over Two Decades

India's carbon dioxide emissions grew 0.7% in 2025, the slowest annual increase in more than two decades, data from a research analysis showed, as record clean-energy additions and weak power demand curbed the rise in fossil-fuel use.

Here are some details:

1. This is a sharp slowdown from the growth of 4%-11% in the preceding four years, excluding the impact of COVID in 2020, according to an analysis by the Centre for Research on Energy and Clean Air for UK-based climate website Carbon Brief.
2. Power sector emissions fell 3.8% in 2025 on clean energy additions and weak electricity demand.
3. India added 47 gigawatt (GW) of solar, 6.3 GW of wind, 4 GW of hydropower and 0.6 GW of nuclear power in 2025.
4. India's coal-fired power output dropped for the first time outside the Covid period, since 1973
5. Carbon dioxide emissions went up slightly year-on-year in 2025, as increases from steel and cement offset fall in coal power
6. In comparison, China's carbon dioxide emissions fell by 0.3% year-on-year in 2025 

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