Greenpeace has urged the government of India to draft mandatory fuel efficiency standards for cars in the country. It said that the vehicle emissions would largely contribute to climate change in future.

The International group has issued the warning just before the inauguration of the ‘Auto Expo’ in New Delhi, which is scheduled to begin from Jan 10.

Several multinational car firms are likely to show their new models aiming to capture their own share in the growth of automobile market in India.

According to a report, India’s auto sector accounts for about 18 per cent of the total CO2 emissions in the country. CO2 is one of the greenhouse gases, which contribute to global warming all over the world.

Greenpeace campaigner Soumyabrata Rahut said:

Automobile companies pass labeled their vehicles as ‘green’ by following Euro emission standards but in several cases such standards accounted only for certain pollutants and not CO2 emissions.

Now, the group has demanded to make the CO2 emissions labelling mandatory on all new cars in the country. The auto companies should inform the customers about a vehicle’s emissions. It has urged the government to set mandatory CO2 emission standards necessary for the auto industry to force the auto companies to reduce emissions.