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Emissions per GDP in Latin America and the Caribbean, 2005 (Includes land use change)


Metric tons of CO2 equivalent per million of USA dollars1


0 1 000 2 000 3 000 4 000 5 000 Bolivia (Plurinational State of)


2,3,4 Guyana 4 Honduras Brazil


4 Guatemala


Venezuela (Bolivarian Rep. of) 2,4 Trinidad and Tobago Ecuador


2 Uruguay 2,4 Paraguay


2,3,4 Suriname 2,4 Cuba


2,4 Nicaragua Argentina Peru


2,4 Haiti


2,4 Jamaica 2,3,4 Belize


2 Colombia Mexico


2,4 Dominican Republic 2 Chile


2,3,4 Bahamas 2,3,4 Grenada 2,4 Panama


2,3,4 Antigua and Barbuda 2,4 El Salvador


2,3,4 Saint Vincent and Grenadines 2,3,4 Dominica 2,3,4 Saint Lucia


2,3,4 Saint Kitts and Nevis 2,3,4 Barbados 2,4 Costa Rica


Latin America and the Caribbean


Notes: 1.Constant 2005, purchasing power parity; 2. Data from land use change and forestry not available ; 3. Int’l Bunkers data not available; 4. PFC, HFC and SF6 data not available.


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


Figure 3.10c


Emissions per GDP, 2005 (Includes land use change)


Metric tons of CO2 equivalent per million of USA dollars1


0 200 400 600 800 1 000 1 200 1 400 World


OECD (High income) China


Latin America and the Caribbean 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 3.10d


region remained constant between 1980 and 2005 (figure 3.13), in contrast to the figure for the world as a whole, for the OECD countries and for China. This highlights the need to intensify efforts within the region to transition to less carbon-intensive economies.


Energy intensity of economy Percentage growth from 1980 20


10 0


-10 -20 -30 -40 -50 -60 -70 -80


OECD India China 1980 1985 1990 1995 Source: ECLAC elaboration of World Bank database. Figure 3.11 29 2000 2005


Latin America and the Caribbean


World


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