India, Dec. 2 -- The US, China and the EU are 'highly insufficient' in their efforts to reduce GHG emissions

China, India, the EU and the US accounted for almost 60 per cent of carbon dioxide (CO2) emissions from fossil fuel combustion in 2017. The world will be on track to meet its targets under the Paris Agreement only if these countries / group of countries meet their respective targets.

But it is not the case as the lack of progress on overall mitigation is matched by lack of progress in delivering on equity. Per capita emissions continue to be allocated highly unequally - in 2017, per capita emissions in the US were nearly nine times as high as India's. Let's look at how each of these countries is performing on their respective tar...