3.7 Global carbon emissions

The World Bank publishes a variety of environmental data, including carbon emissions (measured in kt). Create a graph to show a variety of countries at different levels of economic development by following this link to the World Bank web site. Include the USA and China in your graph. Share your graph in the discussion. You may also want to try plot carbon dioxide emissions measured in metric tons per capita. What conclusions can you draw?

This is a fascinating insight into the CO2 emissions globally. I have kept my graph simple for now, looking at some of the major players in the economic and emissions group.

It’s interesting to see how the graph and the picture it portrays changes whether you view the graphs for CO2 emissions per country or per capita.

CO2 emissions (kt)

Data from World Bank

CO2 emissions (metric tons per capita)

Data from World Bank