India, the world's third biggest greenhouse gas emitter, has pledged to source 40% of its electricity from renewable and other low-carbon sources by 2030.
For instance, according to the FAO's footprint report, if food waste was a country it would be the world's third biggest greenhouse gas emitter after China and the United States.
Land use changes represent the second biggest source of greenhouse gas emissions after fossil fuel combustion, the study says.
As the US is the second biggest producer of greenhouse gasses, the measure would amount to one of the biggest ever attempts to reduce emissions that scientists say contribute to global warming.
As China's economic boom raised more people out of poverty than the rest of the world combined, it also made the country the world's biggest emitter of greenhouse gases and second biggest economy – and it is on track to overtake the US for that crown within a few years.
At the summit China, the world's second biggest economy and the largest emitter of greenhouse gases, agreed that its emissions should peak by 2030.
In today's Science they report that every hour after the blast the facility released up to 60 metric tons of methane, the primary component of natural gas and the greenhouse gas with the second biggest overall climate impact.
The US is the world's second biggest emitter, responsible for around 16% of the greenhouse gases pumped into the world's atmosphere.
By slowly draining and drying the peat land, they are releasing carbon dioxide, contributing to making Indonesia the world's third biggest emitter of greenhouse gases, after China and the United States.
A study by Conservation International (CI) in West Papua province is trying to determine the potential value of these mangroves, both for Indonesia - the world's third biggest emitter of greenhouse gases – and for the Papuan communities that live among them.
