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APPROFONDIMENTI:
NEW ANALYSIS OF COMPREHENSIVE PER CAPITA EMISSIONS

 
 

3. Analysis of results

As can be seen from Table 1, Annex B countries (excluding Croatia) were responsible for emissions of more than 14.5 billion tonnes of CO2-equivalent in 1998.  The USA contributes the largest amount (39.5%), followed by Japan (8.7%), the Russian Federation (7.4%), Germany (6.6%) and the United Kingdom (4.6%).

The largest per capita emitters are Australia (27.6 tonnes), Luxembourg (24.2), Canada (21.9), the USA (21.1) and Ireland (15.4).  The average for the European Union is 10.3 tonnes, a figure heavily influenced by its largest members, Germany (11.9), UK (11.4), France (8.2) and Italy (9.0).

 

Table 1  Greenhouse gas emissions of Annex B countries (Mt CO2-e)

Country

Year

Energy

Industry
&
Solvents

Agric-
ulture

LUCF*

Waste
&
Other

Total

Popula-
tion

(millions)

Per capita
emissions

(t CO2-e)

Combus-
tion

Fugitive

Australia

1998

331.3

31.5

8.4

92.2

39.5

15.5

518.5

  

18.75

  

27.6

  

Austria

1998

52.6

2.9

12.7

5.0

-7.6

5.3

70.9

  

8.08

  

8.8

  

Belgium

1998

117.0

0.8

12.2

10.7

-1.0

3.9

143.7

  

10.20

  

14.1

  

Bulgaria

1998

54.2

3.6

4.8

13.3

-6.2

7.8

77.4

  

8.26

  

9.4

  

Canada

1998

492.7

52.4

44.4

69.5

-20.1

23.1

662.0

  

30.25

  

21.9

  

Croatia

1989

na

na

na

na

na

na

na

  

na

  

na

  

Czech Rep.

1998

126.3

6.3

4.5

7.9

-3.7

2.6

144.0

  

10.29

  

14.0

  

Denmark

1998

59.7

0.7

1.6

12.4

-1.0

1.2

74.6

  

5.30

  

14.1

  

Estonia

1998

19.0

0.6

0.3

1.0

-3.4

0.8

18.4

  

1.45

  

12.7

  

Finland

1998

60.3

3.6

2.4

7.1

-9.7

2.7

66.3

  

5.15

  

12.9

  

France

1998

395.8

9.0

36.7

87.2

-62.1

15.0

481.6

  

58.40

  

8.2

  

Germany

1998

875.5

22.0

35.9

58.7

-33.5

16.8

975.4

  

82.05

  

11.9

  

Greece

1998

95.1

1.1

9.0

12.0

0.0

3.3

120.5

  

10.52

  

11.5

  

Hungary

1998

55.5

8.4

2.2

13.2

-4.4

3.5

78.3

  

10.11

  

7.7

  

Iceland

1995

1.8

0.1

0.5

0.3

0.0

0.0

2.7

  

0.27

  

10.0

  

Ireland

1998

39.2

0.1

3.1

19.7

-6.4

1.6

57.3

  

3.71

  

15.4

  

Italy

1998

439.2

7.2

31.8

44.0

-23.6

17.1

515.8

  

57.59

  

9.0

  

Japan

1997

1159.1

2.9

69.7

18.6

0.0

30.1

1280.4

  

126.09

  

10.2

  

Latvia

1998

8.4

0.5

0.2

1.7

-10.5

0.6

1.0

  

2.45

  

0.4

  

Liechtenstein

1990

0.0

0.0

0.0

0.0

0.0

0.0

0.2

  

0.03

  

7.4

  

Lithuania

1998

14.2

0.4

5.4

2.3

7.7

1.6

31.6

  

3.70

  

8.5

  

Luxembourg

1995

9.2

0.0

0.4

0.5

-0.3

0.1

9.9

  

0.41

  

24.2

  

Monaco

1998

0.1

0.0

0.0

0.0

0.0

0.0

0.1

  

0.03

  

4.4

  

Netherlands

1998

179.6

4.0

12.2

17.2

-1.7

13.0

224.2

  

15.70

  

14.3

  

New Zealand

1998

26.0

1.6

2.7

41.2

-20.8

2.8

53.5

  

3.79

  

14.1

  

Norway

1998

32.6

2.6

9.7

5.1

-17.6

4.2

36.5

  

4.43

  

8.2

  

Poland

1998

330.3

17.4

14.7

21.9

-29.8

18.3

372.7

  

38.67

  

9.6

  

Portugal

1998

50.6

0.3

5.2

8.1

-3.6

9.6

70.2

  

9.97

  

7.0

  

Romania

1994

125.7

17.8

6.1

9.6

-6.6

4.8

157.4

  

22.73

  

6.9

  

Russian Fed.

1996

1469.2

284.1

19.7

103.2

-830.7

40.7

1086.3

  

147.74

  

7.4

  

Slovakia

1998

39.4

2.6

4.8

4.2

-1.7

1.7

51.1

  

5.39

  

9.5

  

Slovenia

1990

13.6

1.1

0.6

2.3

-2.3

1.6

16.9

  

2.00

  

8.5

  

Spain

1998

252.6

5.9

27.1

56.2

-29.3

18.6

331.2

  

39.37

  

8.4

  

Sweden

1998

55.7

0.0

5.1

8.2

-27.7

1.3

42.6

  

8.85

  

4.8

  

Switzerland

1998

42.0

0.3

2.4

5.5

-6.1

2.8

46.9

  

7.11

  

6.6

  

Ukraine

1998

298.9

92.1

18.6

27.1

-68.7

18.2

386.2

  

50.30

  

7.7

  

UK

1998

532.6

23.5

33.9

50.6

15.0

17.1

672.7

  

59.26

  

11.4

  

USA

1998

5475.3

225.7

97.4

540.7

-773.0

240.1

5806.2

  

274.89

  

21.1

  
                           

EU

1998

3205.7

80.9

229.0

396.9

-192.1

126.6

3847.0

  

374.57

  

10.3

  
                           

Annex B total

 

13330.6

832.7

546.6

1378.1

-1950.7

547.5

14685.21

  

1143.29

  

12.8

  

* Land-use change and forestry

Source: UNFCCC 2001a; UNFCCC 2001b; World Bank 2001

 

 

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