Kick the Habit: A UN Guide to Climate Neutrality

Top 20 greenhouse gas emitters (including land use change and forestry)

Total greenhouse gas emissions

Million tonnes of CO 2

equivalent

1 000

0

2 000

3 000

4 000

5 000

6 000

2003 2003 1994 1999 1999 1994 1994 1995 2003 2004 2003 2003 1990 2003 1994 2003 2003 1994 2003 1994 2002 1994

United States

Western Europe

China

Eastern Europe

Russia

Brazil

India Japan Germany

Canada United Kingdom Australia

The following gases are taken into account: CO 2 - Carbon dioxide CH 4 - Methane N 2 O - Nitrous oxide PFCs - Perfluorocarbons HFCs - Hydrofluorocarbons SF 6 - Sulphur hexafluoride

Mexico France

Indonesia Italy Ukraine Iran Spain South Africa

Annex I countries Non-Annex I countries Group of countries

Poland

Thailand

Source: United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change, Greenhouse Gas Inventory Submission, 2006. Data compilation available on UNEP’s GEO Data Portal (geodata.grid.unep.ch).

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