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Carbon footprint

DATASETS
total
per capita
per GDP
Countries
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Scopes
Carbon Footprint
Unit
tCO2
Chart Type
1990
1990
2017
2017
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This source only includes the carbon footprint of CO2. Other greenhouse gases : CH4, N2O, F-Gases are not taken into account here. CO2 represents 74% of global greenhouse gases emissions, hence on average the carbon footprint of all greenhouse gases should be about 35% higher than the CO2 carbon footprint.

About

The carbon footprint of a country is the total amount of CO2 produced directly and indirectly by this country. It's the sum of the territorial CO2 emissions, plus the CO2 embedded in imports minus the CO2 embedded in exports.

Data Sources

  • Eora
  • GDP data : World Bank
  • Population data : Free data from Gapminder.org: gapm.io/dpopv5
  • Kanemoto, K., D. Moran, Hertwitch, E. (2016) Mapping the Carbon Footprint of Nations. Environmental Science and Technology 10.1021/acs.est.6b03227"

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