US,South Korea & Australia are the worst coal power emitters-Report

World's richest countries-such as Australia, South Korea, South Africa, and the United States are among the worst coal power emitters while India's per capita emission is far less than the global average despite the fact that India is the world's second-largest consumer of coal-based power. According to research conducted by the organisation Ember, the average person in India emits only half of what the average Canadian would do through coal power and eight times less than the average Australian. According to the International Energy Agency's Net Zero Roadmap, countries within the OECD such as Australia, South Korea, the United States, Germany, and Japan have pledged to end coal power by 2030 to align with a 1.5-degree pathway.

Australia has the highest per capita coal emissions in the world (the average Australian emits five times as much carbon dioxide from coal power than the average person globally), South Korea and the United States emit almost four times and three times the global average, respectively. Australia emits 5.34 tonnes of carbon dioxide every year. South Korea has the second-highest per-capita coal emissions, among all the G20 countries, at 3.81 tonnes of carbon dioxide per year. The average Korean emits almost four times as much carbon dioxide from coal as the global average.

As per Ember research the United States has the fourth-highest per capita coal emissions in the G20 at 3.08 tonnes of carbon dioxide per year. The average American emits almost thrice as much carbon dioxide from coal as the global average. China was found to be the world's largest coal power consumer and also the fifth in the per capital coal emissions ranking. The country emits 2.71 tonnes of carbon dioxide per year; an average citizen emits 2.5 times as much carbon dioxide from coal as the global average.