The phrase "top emitters" refers to the countries or companies that produce the largest amount of greenhouse gas emissions, which contribute to climate change. Full definition
President Bush this week called on the world's top emitters of greenhouse gases warming the world to set a «long - term goal» for reducing such pollution, but was vague on how to complete the task. (scientificamerican.com)
They note that this solution might be easier to implement, but is less well targeted at top emitters. (ecoequity.org)
Even with that growth of emissions from 2012 - 2013 by top emitters, if we expand the timescale, their combined emissions have remained the same for the past decade.3 In that time, the United States peaked its emissions in 2007, and the European Union, the third - largest emitter, saw steady reductions. (wri.org)