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FACTBOX-Industrial nations' output of greenhouse gases

31 Oct 2006 23:03:43 GMT
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Nov 1 (Reuters) - Delegates from 189 nations will meet in Nairobi from Nov. 6-17 for annual talks about ways to fight global warming while emissions of greenhouse gases are rising in industrial nations.

Top five sources of greenhouse gases (2004 unless stated):

millions of tonnes tonnes per capita 1. United States 7,067.6 24 2. China 4,938 (2000) 4 3. Russia 2,024.2 14 4. India 1,884 (2000) 2 5. Japan 1,355.2 11

Industrialised nations ranked by their rises in greenhouse gas emissions from 1990 to 2004:

(First column is percentage change between 2004 and 1990, the baseline for the U.N.'s Kyoto Protocol on limiting global warming. Other columns are millions of tonnes of carbon dioxide equivalent):

2004-1990 2004 2003 2000 1990 Turkey 72.6 293.8 284.1 278.9 170.2 Spain 49.0 427.9 408.2 384.2 287.2 Portugal 41.0 84.5 83.7 82.2 60.0 Canada 26.6 758.1 753.8 725.0 598.9 Greece 26.6 137.6 137.3 131.8 108.7 Australia 25.1 529.2 520.2 504.2 423.1 Ireland 23.1 68.5 68.4 68.7 55.6 New Zealand 21.3 75.1 75.6 70.3 61.9 Liechtenstein 18.5 0.3 0.3 n/a 0.2 United States 15.8 7,067.6 6,952.6 6,975.9 6,103.3 Austria 15.7 91.3 92.5 81.3 78.9 Finland 14.5 81.4 85.7 70.0 71.1 Italy 12.1 582.5 577.4 554.6 519.6 Norway 10.3 54.9 54.3 53.5 49.8 Japan 6.5 1,355.2 1,358.3 1,345.5 1,272.1 Netherlands 2.4 218.1 215.7 214.4 213.0 Belgium 1.4 147.9 147.5 147.4 145.8 Switzerland 0.4 53.0 52.5 51.7 52.8 Luxembourg 0.3 12.7 11.4 9.7 12.7 European Union -0.6 4,228.0 4,216.5 4,129.3 4,252.5 France -0.8 562.6 561.1 561.4 567.1 Slovenia -0.8 20.1 19.7 18.8 20.2 Denmark -1.1 69.6 75.5 69.6 70.4 Monaco -3.1 0.1 0.1 0.1 0.1 Sweden -3.5 69.9 70.9 68.4 72.4 Iceland -5.0 3.1 3.5 3.5 3.3 Croatia -5.4 29.4 29.2 25.3 31.1 Britain -14.3 665.3 664.5 672.2 776.1 Germany -17.2 1,015.3 1,024.4 1,022.8 1,226.3 Czech Republic -25.0 147.1 147.6 149.2 196.2 Slovakia -30.4 51.0 51.1 49.4 73.4 Poland -31.2 388.1 382.6 386.2 564.4 Hungary -31.8 83.9 84.3 81.9 123.1 Russia -32.0 2,024.2 2,021.6 1,944.8 2,974.9 Romania -41.0 154.6 148.6 131.8 262.3 Belarus -41.6 74.4 69.8 69.8 127.4 Bulgaria -49.0 67.5 67.7 64.3 132.3 Estonia -51.0 21.3 21.4 19.7 43.5 Ukraine -55.3 413.4 416.0 395.1 925.4 Latvia -58.5 10.7 10.7 9.9 25.9 Lithuania -60.4 20.2 17.2 n/a 50.9 TOTAL -3.3 17,931.6 17,767.0 17,514.6 18,551.55 1,272.1 Netherlands 2.4 218.1 215.7 214.4 213.0 Belgium 1.4 147.9 147.5 147.4 145.8 Switzerland 0.4 53.0 52.5 51.7 52.8 Luxembourg 0.3 12.7 11.4 9.7 12.7 European Union -0.6 4,228.0 4,216.5 4,129.3 4,252.5 France -0.8 562.6 561.1 561.4 567.1 Slovenia -0.8 20.1 19.7 18.8 20.2 Denmark -1.1 69.6 75.5 69.6 70.4 Monaco -3.1 0.1 0.1 0.1 0.1 Sweden -3.5 69.9 70.9 68.4 72.4 Iceland -5.0 3.1 3.5 3.5 3.3 Croatia -5.4 29.4 29.2 25.3 31.1 Britain -14.3 665.3 664.5 672.2 776.1 Germany -17.2 1,015.3 1,024.4 1,022.8 1,226.3 Czech Republic -25.0 147.1 147.6 149.2 196.2 Slovakia -30.4 51.0 51.1 49.4 73.4 Poland -31.2 388.1 382.6 386.2 564.4 Hungary -31.8 83.9 84.3 81.9 123.1 Russia -32.0 2,024.2 2,021.6 1,944.8 2,974.9 Romania -41.0 154.6 148.6 131.8 262.3 Belarus -41.6 74.4 69.8 69.8 127.4 Bulgaria -49.0 67.5 67.7 64.3 132.3 Estonia -51.0 21.3 21.4 19.7 43.5 Ukraine -55.3 413.4 416.0 395.1 925.4 Latvia -58.5 10.7 10.7 9.9 25.9 Lithuania -60.4 20.2 17.2 n/a 50.9 TOTAL -3.3 17,931.6 17,767.0 17,514.6 18,551.5 51.1 49.4 73.4 Poland -31.2 388.1 382.6 386.2 564.4 Hungary -31.8 83.9 84.3 81.9 123.1 Russia -32.0 2,024.2 2,021.6 1,944.8 2,974.9 Romania -41.0 154.6 148.6 131.8 262.3 Belarus -41.6 74.4 69.8 69.8 127.4 Bulgaria -49.0 67.5 67.7 64.3 132.3 Estonia -51.0 21.3 21.4 19.7 43.5 Ukraine -55.3 413.4 416.0 395.1 925.4 Latvia -58.5 10.7 10.7 9.9 25.9 Lithuania -60.4 20.2 17.2 n/a 50.9 TOTAL -3.3 17,931.6 17,767.0 17,514.6 18,551.5

of which: -ex-communist -36.8 3,506.0 3,487.6 3,366.9 5,551.0 -other 11.0 14,425.6 14,279.4 14,147.7 13,000.5 KYOTO TOTAL -15.3 10,011.5 9,980.9 9,730.3 11,823.8

All countries except the United States, Australia, Turkey and Croatia are parties to the Kyoto Protocol, under which 35 nations and the European Union have to cut emissions by about 5 percent below 1990 levels by 2008-12. Belarus does not yet have a target under Kyoto.

(Source: U.N. Climate Change Secretariat)

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