Top 5 + % of TOTAL GLOBAL Carbon Dioxide Emissions:
1. China -- 24%
2. U.S. -- 21%
3. E.U. (15 countries) -- 12%
4. India -- 8%
5. Russia --6%
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* Per the 6/13/08 NEAA press release (link is below):
"In 2007, global CO2 emissions increased by 3.1%, compared to 3.5% in 2006...With an 8% national increase, China’s carbon dioxide emissions accounted for two thirds of last year’s global carbon dioxide increase of 3.1%. India, the USA and Russia each contributed about 10% to the global increase. Since 1990, global CO2 emissions from fossil fuel use and cement production have increased by about 34%. The increase in global CO2 emissions was mainly due to the combustion of the fossil fuels coal, oil and natural gas. Fossil fuel still remains the most used energy source to meet the growing energy demand...China’s CO2 emissions are now estimated to be about 14% higher than those from the USA. With this, China tops the list of CO2 emitting countries, having about a quarter share in global CO2 emissions (24%), followed by the USA (21%), the EU-15 (12%), India (8%) and the Russian Federation (6%). Together, they comprise 71% of the total of global CO2 emissions. These figures are based on a preliminary estimate by the Netherlands Environmental Assessment Agency (PBL), using recently published BP (British Petroleum) energy data and cement production data for 2007.
* In 2007, global emissions of the main greenhouse gas carbon dioxide (CO2) from fossil fuel combustion increased by about 3.2%, which is about the same as the 3.1% increase in 2006. The increase in 2007 is mainly due to a 4.5% increase in COAL consumption:
- Global CO2 emissions from coal combustion increased by 4.5%. China contributed most to this increase with an 8% increase in 2007 (vs 12% in 2006). In the rest of the world coal combustion emissions increased by 2.2%.
- Global CO2 emissions from combustion of natural gas increased by 3.1%, mainly due to increasing consumption in China, Russia, Japan and Turkey.
- Global CO2 emissions from combustion of oil products increased by only 1.1%, mainly due to a decrease in consumption in OECD countries of 0.9%, on average. In non-OECD countries, oil consumption increased in 2007 by 3.8%. China, India, Saudi Arabia and Brazil contributed most to this increase.
Total CO2 emissions from fossil fuel combustion in China increased in 2007 by 7.6%. CO2 emissions from fuel combustion in the European Union countries “EU-15” decreased by 1.9% in 2007; in 2006 the emissions remained almost constant."
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