Sentences with phrase «capita emitting country»

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Australia relies heavily on coal for its own electricity as well, emitting more CO2 per person than any other developed country, and its agricultural emissions are among the highest per capita in the world, mainly because of the large numbers of sheep and cattle.

However, the idea that other, now developing countries must be given the right to emit as much — per capita or per $, even without trade, etc...

So there you are... Top 5 emitters (2007): China, USA, India, Russia, Japan Top 5 per capita emitters (2006, ignoring small countries emitting less than 0.5 % of the world total which would other crowd the list): USA, Australia, Canada, Saudi Arabia, Khazakstan

Now, the United States, as a highly developed country, as I said before, per capita, consumes much more energy and emits much more greenhouse gases for each individual than does China.

Globally, India is the third largest carbon - emitting country — though its per capita emissions are only one third of the international average — according to the World Resources Institute.

«(iii) by country, annual total, annual per capita, and cumulative anthropogenic emissions of greenhouse gases for the top 50 emitting nations;

The reasons for this are that the remaining carbon budget is so small, the per capita and historical emissions of high - emitting developed nations are so large compared to poor developing countries, and the financial resources of developed countries are so large compared to poor developing countries that equity considerations demand that the high - emitting nations financially help developing nations achieve their targets.

The United States is not only responsible for the current crisis because, as President Obama noted, it is the second highest emitter of ghg in the world behind China, it has historically emitted much more ghgs into the atmosphere than any other country including China, it is currently near the top of all nations in per capita ghg emissions, and the US has been responsible more than any other developed nation for the failure of the international community to adopt meaningful ghg emissions reduction targets from the beginning of international climate negotiations in 1990 until the Obama administration.

In a nutshell, hitting Paris targets will mean both that developed nations start rapidly reducing toward net - zero emissions by mid-century and that developing nations find a different path to prosperity than the one traveled by the countries around them holding all the wealth and still, on a per - capita basis, emitting the most carbon.

Yet, since the world averages 6.5 CO2 tons of per capita emissions while countries like the United States are emitting 19 tons per capita, and the world must reduce per capita emissions to perhaps less than 2.0 tons per capita to prevent dangerous climate change, it is very unlikely that many groups or people in developed countries can make a respectable argument that they are already below their fair share of safe global emissions.

And, the scientists point out, people in the poorest countries − who emit only a tenth of the emissions released per capita in Australia, the US and Canada − will be the ones likely to suffer most.

Based on annual emissions data from the year 2004, and on a per - capita consumption basis, the top - 5 emitting countries were found to be (in tCO2 per person, per year): Luxembourg (34.7), the US (22.0), Singapore (20.2), Australia (16.7), and Canada (16.6).

Per - capita emissions The total amount of greenhouse gas emitted by a country per unit of population.