The shorter the work week; the lesser will be the carbon emission: Study

Lucknow: In times when everyone around the world is concerned with the environment issues and challenging carbon emission problems, have you ever wondered how a small step taken by you can cut down the pollution. Interestingly, a recent study has found out how one can contribute one's share to keep our earth clean.

According to a report by Interntional Energy Agency (IEA), India’s emissions growth was recorded higher than that of the United States and China - the two biggest emitters in the world — and this was primarily due to a rise in coal consumption. China, the United States, and India together accounted for nearly 70% of the rise in energy demand.

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India’s per capita emissions were about 40% of the global average and contributed 7% to the global carbon dioxide burden. The United States, the largest emitter, was responsible for 14%.

As per its commitments to the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change, India has promised to reduce the emissions intensity of its economy by 2030, compared to 2005 levels. It has also committed to having 40% of its energy from renewable sources by 2030 and, as part of this, install 100 GW of solar power by 2022.

However the IEA report, made public recently showed that India’s energy intensity improvement declined 3% as its renewable energy installations increased 10.6% from past years.Global energy consumption in 2018 increased at nearly twice the average rate of growth since 2010, driven by a robust global economy and higher heating and cooling needs in some parts of the world. Demand for all fuels increased, led by natural gas, even as solar and wind posted double digit growth. Higher electricity demand was responsible for over half of the growth in energy needs.

The United States had the largest increase in oil and gas demand worldwide. Gas consumption jumped 10% from the previous years, the fastest increase since the beginning of IEA records in 1971.

There is second biggest reason for carbon emission from all over the world that is "internet." yes, Internet! within every second millions of people sitting all over the world search various things. According to the recent study even searching a single content also leads to carbon emission .So, for a single second wonder how much carbon will emission if billions of people are scrolling and searching in a single day.

In the paper it titled that:Researcher Phillip Frey discussed the idea of having shorter work-weak so that we could help reducing carbon emission and greenhouse gas emission.And also it can boost employee productivity, as companies for longer hours contribute more to carbon emission .Similarly the employee with less work hour will lead happy and stress free life, they will be able to provide ,more time to there family and could lead to 2% decrease in carbon emission in environment.

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