Thursday, May 6, 2021

China's 2019 Green House Gas (GHG) Emissions Exceeded Total From OECD And All 27 EU Member States: China's GHG Emissions Were 2.5 Times US Emissions: Charts

From Rhodium Group, "China’s Greenhouse Gas Emissions Exceeded the Developed World for the First Time in 2019" by Kate Larsen, Hannah Pitt, Mikhail Grant, and Trevor Houser, May 06, 2021:
Global greenhouse gas emissions estimates for 2019
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China alone contributed over 27% of total global emissions, far exceeding the US—the second highest emitter—which contributed 11% of the global total (Figure 1). For the first time, India edged out the EU-27 for third place, coming in at 6.6% of global emissions.
Source: Rhodium Group

China’s emissions exceeded emissions from developed countries
In 2019, China’s GHG emissions passed the 14 gigaton threshold for the first time, reaching 14,093 million metric tons of CO2 equivalent (MMt CO2e) (Figure 2). This represents a more than tripling of 1990 levels, and a 25% increase over the past decade. As a result, China’s share of the 2019 global emissions total of 52 gigatons rose to 27%. [Footnote omitted.]

 

Source: Rhodium Group

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