Comparing Countries on Carbon emissions per Capita

This is a powerful infographic comparing countries or regions on carbon emissions per capita (height of bars), population (width of bars), and total emissions (area of bars).

A comparison based solely on the total number of emissions?is often criticized (being driven mainly by population and hence high for countries like China and India) in favor of emissions per capita. In addition to population, living standards and?energy?mix explain the carbon footprints of a country.

Emission per capita is usually high (over 3 times the global average of 4.4 tonnes of CO2 per person per year) for the developed countries (e.g., Canada, the US, Australia, and New Zealand) and the Middle East due to higher energy consumption or production (also reflecting their higher living standards or GDP per capita).

However, some developed countries with similar living standards (eg, UK, Spain, Portugal, France) have relatively lower, closer to global average, emissions per capita due to higher share of?electricity??produced from?nuclear???and?renewables?(solar??,?wind???) instead of?fossilfuels??.

Leaders in Per Capita CO2?Emissions

Oil-producing countries in the Middle East are the highest emitters of CO2?on a per capita basis, but developed countries like the U.S., Australia, New Zealand, and Canada also have some of the higher rates of per capita emissions.

Canada and the United States have per capita carbon footprints of?15.2?and?14.4 metric tons per year, respectively. Meanwhile, Australia and New Zealand combine for an average per capita footprint of over 13.6 metric tons per year.

It’s worth noting that all of these numbers are more than three times higher than the global average, which in 2019 was?4.4 tons?per person.

Plans to Tackle Emissions

The conclusion of the U.N. Climate Change Conference (COP26) in Glasgow saw several pledges and announcements being made by various countries. Here are some of the highlights:

• The world’s biggest CO2?emitters, the U.S. and China,?pledged?to cooperate more over the next decade in areas including methane emissions and the switch to clean energy.
• Leaders from more than 100 countries—with about?85%?of the world’s forests—promised to stop deforestation by 2030.
• More than 100 countries agreed upon a scheme to cut?30%?of?methane emissions?by 2030.
• Financial organizations have agreed to back?renewable energy?and direct finance away from fossil fuel-burning industries.

Many countries have pledged to do their part to tackle climate change. It will be an impressive display of global unity if global CO2?emissions drop significantly over the next decade.

Source: Aftab Raza , Decarbonization Channel Website

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