According to Statistics Finland’s preliminary data, the total emissions of greenhouse gases in 2020 corresponded with 48.1 million tonnes of carbon dioxide (CO2 eq.). Emissions fell by nine per cent from the previous year. The fall in emissions was affected by the warm winter, recent changes in the production structure of electricity and the While China is by far the largest CO2 emitter in the world, in per capita terms, twenty-seven countries in the world had higher CO2 emission than China did in 2019. As seen in figure 4, twenty-one of these countries—representing about 30 percent of global CO2 emissions—were high-income economies and four were from the G7: Canada, the United Greenhouse gas emissions per capita in the European Union 1990-2021. Greenhouse gas emissions per capita in the European Union (EU-27) from 1990 to 2021 (in metric tons of CO₂ equivalent) To calculate consumption-based emissions we need detailed trade data between countries and the emissions intensity (the amount of CO2 emitted per dollar spent) across many industries and sectors in each country. Prior to 1990, there is insufficient high-quality, high-resolution data to produce these calculations. With nearly one-fifth of the world’s population today, Africa accounts for less than 3% of the world’s energy-related carbon dioxide (CO 2) emissions to date and has the lowest emissions per capita of any region. Africans are already disproportionately experiencing the negative effects of climate change, including water stress, reduced food Many countries have managed to achieve economic growth while reducing emissions. They have decoupled the two. Take the UK as an example. It is shown in the chart. This chart shows the change in GDP and annual CO 2 emissions per capita since 1990. We see that the UK’s GDP has increased a lot over the last 30 years while its emissions have fallen. The Climate Transparency Report says that CO2 will go up by 4% across 4.1 tCO2/capita) have the highest building emissions per capita in the G20 (average is 1.4 tCO2/capita), reflecting the The sector’s operational energy-related CO2 emissions reached ten gigatonnes of CO2 equivalent – five per cent over 2020 levels and two per cent over the pre-pandemic peak in 2019. In 2021, operational energy demand for heating, cooling, lighting and equipment in buildings increased by around four per cent from 2020 and three per cent from nJ7O.