Who are the major emitters?

This chart shows greenhouse gas emissions since 1990. The changes have been:

  • China +9,500 MT, +216%
  • India +2.525 MT, +166%
  • NZ -11MT, -14%
  • US -99MT, -2%
  • EU -2,196 MT, -40%

The change by continent is:

  • Africa +1,808MT, +62%
  • Asia +17,202 MT, +134%
  • Europe -3,.659 MT, -36%
  • North America +277MT, +4%
  • Oceania +34MT, +5%
  • South America +672MT, +22%

It is very clear that limiting temperature rises to 1.5 degrees is impossible to achieve just with US and EU. There needs to be more focus on China and India.

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