CO2 Emissions Around the World

GLOBAL EMISSIONS As the world gets closer to the COP15 Climate Change conference, it's important to look at from where the emissions around the world are coming. In the last year, some countries have started to clean up their act, while other countries continue to pump out carbon dioxide. is a look at the five highest emitters in each region of the world as of 2007 and whether they have increased or decreased both their total emissions in the from 2006 to 2007 and their ranking on the list of biggest emitters. CANADA SOUTH KOREA CHINA RUSSIA USA UK 48 JAPAN GERMANY BELARUS KAZAKHASTAN 13 11 35 FRANCE MEXICO ITALY 19 UZBEKISTAN INDIA UKRAINE 18 SPAIN 41 10 VENEZUELA IRAQ IRAN 17 30 51 BRAZIL EGYPT 40 15 IRATES ALGERIA LYBIA 29 UNITED ARAB EM 14 S. AFRICA 50 AREA EQUALS PERCENT INCREASE OR DECREASE PERCENTAGE OF EMISSIONS INCREASE FROM 2006 TO 2007 RANKING OF EMISSIONS IN THE LAST YEAR COUNTRY NORTH AMERICA CENTRAL & SOUTH AMERICA EUROPE FTELEFE 88 EURASIA AFRICA MIDDLE EAST ASIA & OCEANIA EMISSIONS RANKING UNITED STATES 1.4 BRAZIL 3.7 GERMANY -2.2 RUSSIA -0.4 SOUTH AFRICA 1.4 IRAN CHINA 7.2 UP NO CHANGE DOWN CANADA -1.6 VENEZUELA UNITED KINGDOM 14.2 -3.8 UKRAINE 5.4 EGYPT 4.6 SAUDI ARABIA 6.8 INDIA 8.7 DECREASE MEXICO 5.2 ARGENTINA 5.9 ITALY -1.7 KAZAKHSTAN 1.9 NIGERIA (37) * 0.3 UNITED ARAB EMIRATES 10 JAPAN 0.7 CHILE -7.2 FRANCE -2.9 UZBEKISTAN 1.4 ALGERIA 6.6 IRAQ 4.4 SOUTH KOREA 6.1 INCREASE COLOMBIA 4.9 SPAIN 1.7 BELARUS 3.2 LIBYA 2.7 KUWAIT 1.5 AUSTRALIA 9.2 A COLLABORATION BETWEEN GOOD AND LAMOSCA SOURCE: U.S. ENERGY INFORMATION ADMINISTRATION COLOMBIA ARGENTINA CHILE KUWAIT SAUDI ARABIA AUSTRALIA