Share of the world’s greenhouse gas emissions (Excludes land use change)


1990


Millions of metric tons of CO2 equivalent 100%


30 000 20 000


10 000 22% 0 North America World and the Caribbean Latin America 100% 2005


38% 20% 7% 8% 18% 14% 3% European Union India 5% 12% China Rest of the world Source: ECLAC based on data from Climate Analysis Indicators Tool (CAIT) Version 7.0. (Washington, DC: World Resources Institute, 2010). Figure 3.2a


also be seen in per capita terms: the region as a whole emitted fewer tons of CO2


per inhabitant


than the world average, notwithstanding the fact that some countries in the region exceeded that average (figure 3.1).


Thus, in 2005 the countries of Latin America and the Caribbean accounted for only 8% of


(Includes land use change) Millions of metric tons


Five top emitter countries OECD*


Latin America and the Caribbean


China


United States Russia Japan Brazil


0 Figure 3.3 22 1 000 2 000 3 000 4 000 Source: World Bank, online database, accessed in July 2010. 5 000 7 500 10 000 15 000


Greenhouse gas emissions, 2005 World


global GHG emissions, excluding emissions associated with land use changes. Between 1990 and 2005, such emissions in the region increased at an average annual rate of 2.3%, owing to a variety of economic, social and demographic factors. In percentage terms, therefore, 2005 emissions increased the region’s share of emissions by one percentage


19%


34%


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