Per Capita CO2 Emissions Are Small in Developing Countries
(metric tons of carbon dioxide)
Notes:
Per Capita CO2 Emissions for the 15 Countries with the Highest Total Industrial Emissions, 1995
The original 1992 climate treaty made it clear that, while the developed nations most responsible for the current buildup of greenhouse gases in the atmosphere should take the lead in combating climate change, developing nations also have a role to play in protecting the global climate. For more information see http://www.wri.org/trends/kyoto.html.
Source: Carbon Dioxide Information Analysis Center (CDIAC), Environmental Sciences Division, Oak Ridge National Laboratory, “1995 Estimates of CO2 Emissions from Fossil Fuel Burning and Cement Manufacturing Based on the United Nations Energy Statistics and the U.S. Bureau of Mines Cement Manufacturing Data,” ORNL/CDIAD-25, NDP-030 (an accessible numerical database) (Oak Ridge, Tennessee, November 1997); United Nations (U.N.) Population Division, Annual Populations (The 1996 Revision), on diskette (U.N., New York, 1993).