The Hiding Behind the Poor debate: a synthetic overview

In October 2007, the Indian branch of the international environmental organization, Greenpeace, came out with a report entitled Hiding Behind the Poor (Ananthapadmanabhan et al., 2007) Based on a survey of 819 individuals divided into seven income classes, the report tried to assess CO₂ emission levels amongst different income classes in India. The report was produced just prior to the Bali Conference of Parties to the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC), which was expected to be crucial in setting the stage for an agreement to follow the Kyoto Protocol.