A 1000 km domestic flight on any indian airline creates a footprint of 110 kg of CO₂ equivalent. The same journey by rail would create a footprint of 14 kg of CO₂
A report authored by IIT, Madras states that about 125 million people in Indian coastal region could be rendered homeless by the end of the century owing to sea-level rise and accompanying drought precipitated by Global Warming.
Indian Institute of Tropical Meteorology's study on impact of climate change on water resources in India predicts an increase in extreme rainfall intensity and increased drought
India's wind power potential is estimated at 45,000 megawatts, about a third of its total energy consumption
MEAT THE MONSTER: One kilogram of mutton production in India causes about the same greenhouse emissions as driving a Maruti 800 for 67 km
The India Energy Portal mentions the startling fact that India receives solar energy equivalent to over 5000 trillion kWh/year - far more than the total energy consumption of the country
One night of air-conditioner use (1-ton AC suitable for a small sized room) results in approximately the same Carbon Footprint in just eight hours as driving a Maruti 800 for 85 kilometers
With an installed capacity of 8,696 MW (as of July 2008), India has the fourth largest installed wind power capacity in the world
According to projections made by the Indira Gandhi Institute of Development Research, around seven million people could be displaced along coastal India (including Mumbai and Chennai) if global temperatures rise by a mere 2°C
The Carbon Footprint generated by a single roundtrip flight between India and USA / Canada overshoots the annual footprint of an average Indian by 62%
"Going at full throttle is economically and ecologically questionable". By halving its top cruising speed, the shipping giant Maersk has cut both its fuel consumption and greenhouse gases emmissions by 30%
The Indira Gandhi Institute of Development Research has reported that the shifting of growing seasons for major crops such as rice would reduce yields by up to 40%

Expert Panel

Amit Garg

A Professor of the Indian Institute of Management, Ahmadabad, Amit Garg is an expert in the areas of emissions inventory estimation and analysis, and, energy environment policy analysis. He has co-authored and edited two definitive volumes in the realm of India’s impact on Global Warming: “Emissions Inventory of India” and “Climate Change and India: Uncertainty Reduction in Greenhouse Gas Inventory Estimates”.

In addition to his unrivaled expertise in India-specific GHG emissions, he has played an instrumental role in the Global progress towards climate change mitigation; he was the Coordinating Lead Author for ‘Volume 2: Energy’ of the 2006 IPCC Guidelines for National Greenhouse Gas Inventories.

While the process of formally engaging Amit Garg as a Director of the no2co2 Project is on, Prof. Garg actively advises and ratifies no2co2’s methodology and approach for the no2co2 Calculators and the no2co2 Consulting model.

Murali Srinivas

Murali gives direction and advises no2co2 on the creation of the "Citizen Carbon Registry". His is the COO at Mimo Finance (www.mimofin.com) and is involved with various other projects in the area of Low cost housing.

Murali's expertize to reach out to people in the tens and thousands and engage them is a key need for no2co2 on an ongoing basis and we will look up to to him for Data Generation and Communication strategy.

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