Why India has just ten years to decarbonise

There are currently huge variations in energy use per capita in the world, stretching from over 200 gigajoules (GJ) per capita in the US and Australia, to only 20 GJ per capita in much of Africa. Ensuring access to affordable, reliable, sustainable and modern energy for all is critical, but this challenge is far from being met. Some 1.1 billion people now lack access to electricity and 2.9 billion to clean cooking. 

The global energy system relies on fossil fuels to provide 80 per cent of total primary energy consumption, and is responsible for about 75 per cent of total greenhouse gas emissions. The expansion of an