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The Guardian | Saturday December 15 2007
1 United States
5,957
108
million tonnes of
carbon dioxide
182
112
83
74
73
48
94
37
41
6 Germany
844.17
7 Canada
631.26
10 Italy
466.64
8 United Kingdom
577.17
12 South Africa
423.81
21
Polan
16 Mexico
398.25
18 Brazil
360.57
17 Spain
387.11
13 France
415.27
194
213
132
174
210
23
Netherlands
27
Egypt
29
Venezuela
30
Argentina
39
36
32
43
50
52
53
54
55
57
58
59
60
64
65
67
68
69
71
77
78
79
80
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86
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92
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100
104
109
110
113
151
152
115
114
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117
120
122
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125
126
127
12
129
130
131
133
135
136
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138
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141
142
144
145
146
148
179
149
150 163
153
154
156
158
184
161
164
166
167
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170
171
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185
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195
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212
207
183
160
These latest UN figures for
climate change emissions are
from 2005, but are already dated.
Reliable, but provisional
estimates for 2006 by Dutch
government researchers suggest
China’s CO2 emissions increased
by 9% in 2006 and have now
overtaken the US emissions,
which declined by 1.4% in 2006.
US emissions per person are
nearly three times as great as
Chinese
Country
Rank
North America
6.99bn tonnes of CO2
14% growth in carbon emissions, 1995-2005
The US as a major producer of green-
house gases has been reluctant to accept
that man-made climate change even
existed — and refused to accept the
Kyoto protocol. But freak weather events
and an avalanche of scientific evidence
have forced it to rethink its position
Central &
South America
1.10bn tonnes of CO2
29% growth in carbon emissions, 1995-2005
Increased freak weather events mean the
IPCC is concerned South America will be
hard-hit by climate change. Agriculture,
water supplies and the unique natural
habitat could be affected by a tempera-
ture increase of up to 4C by the end of
the century
Africa
1.04bn tonnes of CO2
28% growth in carbon emissions, 1995-2005
Its carbon emissions may be small but
this is the continent most vulnerable to
the effects of climate change, hitting
food and