Singapore was also willing to commit the resources and build the infrastructure to achieve a level of industrial development competitive with the likes of Canada, the United States, and Europe.
Although India would rank second behind China for total emissions, unlike China and other large emitters it has not set a date by which they would peak, while new coal-fired power and other new infrastructure would commit the country to relatively high pollution levels for decades.
Such initiatives will push private money into capital-intensive infrastructure and commit the companies' A-level engineering talent into developing solutions for bringing connectivity to poor and rural areas.
"If the rest of the world believes we are no longer committed to the infrastructure that makes our port competitive, we are going to lose the business," Mr. Stamatakis said.
The new research adds to that finding, by showing in detail how current choices on building new energy and industrial infrastructure are likely to commit the world to much higher emissions for the next few decades, blowing apart hopes of containing the problem to manageable levels.
Speaking to the BBC's World at One, the shadow chancellor, John McDonnell, said he supported the establishment of a commission but it would be ineffective unless the government committed the necessary funds to infrastructure projects.
Bristol City Council said it was committed to providing the infrastructure to allow people to make the change.
In 1908 the constitutionalists, the so-called Young Turks, took power from Abdul Hamid II, who was committed to reforming the infrastructure but not the principle of the direct rule of the sultan.
"One of the ways of doing that would be to commit to further infrastructure — Crossrail 2, more river crossings, a massive house building programme for the city.
Although governments need to lead and commit themselves to infrastructure expansion and affordable service, in 2014 it will be corporate financial innovation and smart philanthropy that help to bring safe water and sanitation to some of the billions in need.
