NEW DELHI: India emits only 3.96% of the global carbon dioxide emissions , government data has showed.According to a report released by the ministry of statistics and programmer implementation, India emitted 1,146 million tonnes of carbon dioxide in 2008 while the total emissions from the globe were 28,962 million tonnes.The report has been released before the crucial climate change talks in Paris from November 30 in which countries will negotiate ways of reducing greenhouse gas emissions to limit the global temperature increase to 2 °C above pre-industrial levels.“India’s share of CO2 in the total emissions in the world is very insignificant in per-capita terms. The per-capita emission of an Indian citizen is 1.2 tons of carbon dioxide whereas his counterpart in USA contributing 20.6 tons as per UNDP Human Development Report 2007/2008,” the ministry said in the report.While earlier India has declared a voluntary goal of reducing the emissions intensity of its GDP by 20–25%, over 2005 levels, by 2020, in recognition of the growing problem of climate change, India now plans to reduce the emissions intensity of its GDP by 3-35 % by 2030 from 2005 levels.Noting that the impact of climate change on agriculture could result in problems with food security and may threaten the livelihood activities upon which much of the population depends, the report said that the energy sector is the major producer of CO2.