This book includes a plain text version that is designed for high accessibility. To use this version please follow this link.
Emissions per GDP in Latin


Metric tons of CO2 equivalent per million US dollars1


0 500 1 000 1 500 2 000 2 500 2,3 Guyana Bolivia (Plurinational State of)


Trinidad and Tobago 3 Paraguay


Uruguay


2,3 Suriname 3 Cuba


3 Nicaragua Venezuela (Bolivarian Rep. of)


Argentina 3Haiti


3 Jamaica


3 Honduras Brazil


2,3 Belize Colombia


3 Guatemala Ecuador Mexico


3 Dominican Republic Chile Peru


2,3 Bahamas 2,3 Grenada 3 Panama


2,3 Antigua and Barbuda 3 El Salvador


2,3 Saint Vincent and Grenadines 2,3 Dominica 2,3 Saint Lucia


2,3 Saint Kitts and Nevis 2,3 Barbados 3 Costa Rica


Latin America and the Caribbean


Notes: 1.Constant 2005, purchasing power parity; 2. PFC, HFC and SF6 data not available; 3. Int’l Bunkers data not available.


Source: ECLAC on the basis of Climate Analysis Indicators Tool (CAIT) Version 7.0. (Washington, DC: World Resources Institute, 2010).


Figure 3.10a 28 Note: 1. Constant 2005, purchasing power parity.


Source: ECLAC on the basis of Climate Analysis Indicators Tool (CAIT) Version 7.0. (Washington, DC: World Resources Institute, 2010).


Figure 3.10b The trajectories for CO2 emissions and


energy consumption in Latin America and the Caribbean in 1980-2005 show that there is a positive relation between these two variables, though it varies from one country to another. During the period in question, both energy consumption and CO2


emissions (excluding


those associated with land use changes) grew in the region at an average annual rate that was higher than the world average. Likewise, for the same period, emissions in Latin America and the Caribbean grew at a rate somewhat lower than the increase in energy consumption, suggesting that there has been a slight process of decarbonization in the region.


Comparing the emissions:energy ratio (carbon intensity) between regions, one finds different patterns over time. Thus, between 1980 and 1995, decarbonization in LAC was in line with the world average; in the first half of the 1980s, the region progressed, in this respect, even faster than did the OECD countries. However, between 1995 and 2003, the emissions-to- energy consumption ratio increased (figure 3.12). The ratio of emissions to GDP in the


OECD (High income) China


Latin America and the Caribbean


America and the Caribbean, 2005 (Excludes land use change)


Emissions per GDP, 2005 (Excludes land use change)


0


Metric tons of CO2 equivalent per million US dollars1 200


400 600 800 1 000 1 200 World


Page 1  |  Page 2  |  Page 3  |  Page 4  |  Page 5  |  Page 6  |  Page 7  |  Page 8  |  Page 9  |  Page 10  |  Page 11  |  Page 12  |  Page 13  |  Page 14  |  Page 15  |  Page 16  |  Page 17  |  Page 18  |  Page 19  |  Page 20  |  Page 21  |  Page 22  |  Page 23  |  Page 24  |  Page 25  |  Page 26  |  Page 27  |  Page 28  |  Page 29  |  Page 30  |  Page 31  |  Page 32  |  Page 33  |  Page 34  |  Page 35  |  Page 36  |  Page 37  |  Page 38  |  Page 39  |  Page 40  |  Page 41  |  Page 42  |  Page 43  |  Page 44