And now for the not so good….
Russia is using and delivering gas to most of Europe. They own huge gas reserves and have built pipelines which deliver it to countries right across the Continent.
Australia is sitting a bed of coal which is fuelling their economy. The prime minster of Australia had to be persuaded to come to COP26. To wean the economy off its coal addiction will not be easy but at some point their government will need to bite the bullet and do something about it.
America (US) has its own gas and oil and just guzzles fossil fuels to make its economy successful. The US has a big population, and these data are emissions divided by the population so the actual amount of carbon emitted is huge.
China is another country to join the red borders. This value which is per capita looks quite low but China has a huge population so when you divide by that number to get a world comparison it reduces the tonnage value. In reality, the absolute amount of carbon emissions is huge because China is also sitting on a bed of coal that is fuelling its economy.
Qatar supplies the whole planet with petroleum and so as its economy depends on oil and with a relatively small population, it takes the top spot as the world’s biggest carbon emitter per capita in 2019.
If all countries radically decarbonise their economies, especially the “red borders” we would not have a looming climate disaster.
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