[Reader-list] latest CO2 emissions data

[Nagraj Adve]

I'm surprised China is up 13% from the previous year, given that this
period - 2009- was about the time China too was getting impacted by
the economic crisis and reduced exports to the 'West'. Subsidies and
other fiscal measures to boost domestic spending were yet to kick in.
Need to re-check the 13% bit by going to original data, but it is
still remarkable how China has leapfrogged ahead of the US over the
last 4-5 years in emissions. This is despite the fact that the Chinese
economy is still smaller than the US', even if considered in real
terms.

I forgot to point out yesterday that this data does not include CO2
emissions from deforestation, which is about 4-5 billion tonnes a
year. Much of that is from Brazil and Indonesia. That takes us
actually to 34-35 billion tonnes a year. Oh well...
Naga

On 31 January 2011 20:03, Patrice Riemens <patrice at xs4all.nl> wrote:
>> The Guardian has just reported CO2 emissions data for 2009, from the
>> US EIA, one of the reliable sources. It's interesting for more than
>> one reason, not least because it reflects the ongoing recession/
>> economic crisis.
>> - Most countries are down about 7-8%, including the US, Russia, other
>> countries in Europe, etc. Yet the overall emissions has remained
>> almost unchanged, at little over 30 billion tonnes (almost double the
>> Earth's current absorption capacity).
>> - China has a spectacular rise, up 13% at 7.7 billion tonnes and way
>> ahead of second-placed US (5.4 billion tonnes, down from 5.8 bn the
>> previous year).
>> - And much as I don't like talking in these nation-state categories
>> (for many reasons), India is third at 1.6 bn.
>> Naga
>>
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> See
> http://www.guardian.co.uk/news/datablog/2011/jan/31/world-carbon-dioxide-emissions-country-data-co2
> (http://bit.ly/e3XxUi)
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