NEW DELHI, March 26 (Reuters) - 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.
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* This is a sharp slowdown from the growth of 4%-11% in thepreceding four years, excluding the impact of Covid in 2020,according to an analysis by the Centre for Research on Energyand Clean Air for UK-based climate website Carbon Brief. * Power sector emissions fell 3.8% in 2025 on clean energyadditions and weak electricity demand. * India added 47 gigawatt (GW) of solar, 6.3 GW of wind, 4GW of hydropower and 0.6 GW of nuclear power in 2025. * India's coal-fired power output dropped for the first timeoutside the Covid period, since 1973 * Carbon dioxide emissions went up slightly year-on-year in2025, as increases from steel and cement offset fall in coalpower * In comparison, China's carbon dioxide emissions fell by0.3% year-on-year in 2025
(Reporting by Sethuraman NR)
