The last four posts* focused on countries with the highest CO2 emissions as a percent of global CO2 emissions: total emissions per country, per capita emissions, changes in emissions since 2000, and the decoupling of emissions from economic growth.
This post will look at global trends in CO2 emissions since 2000 and 2010. The chart:
Bottom line: global per capita CO2 emissions have been declining for several years. CO2 emissions are no longer rising in sync with economic growth. Unfortunately, total CO2 emissions are still increasing. Progress is being made, but we need to pick up the pace.
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* Previous posts in this series:
Countries with the Highest CO2 Emissions: Percent of Global Total
Per capita CO2 emissions of countries with the highest emissions in the world
CO2 emissions: percent change in countries with the highest total emissions, 2000-2023
Countries with the highest total emissions: % CO2 emissions change per GDP, 2000-2023
Reference:
Crippa, M., Guizzardi, D., Pagani, F., Banja, M., Muntean, M., Schaaf, E., Monforti-Ferrario, F., Becker, W.E., Quadrelli, R., Risquez Martin, A., Taghavi-Moharamli, P., Köykkä, J., Grassi, G., Rossi, S., Melo, J., Oom, D., Branco, A., San-Miguel, J., Manca, G., Pisoni, E., Vignati, E. and Pekar, F., GHG emissions of all world countries, Publications Office of the European Union, Luxembourg, 2024, doi:10.2760/4002897, JRC138862 https://edgar.jrc.ec.europa.eu/emissions_data_and_maps https://edgar.jrc.ec.europa.eu/report_2024?vis=co2pop#emissions_table