Share of world greenhouse gas emissions (Includes land use change)

1990 2005 Millions of metric tons of CO2 equivalent

30 000 40 000

20 000 10 000

18% 0 North America World

Latin America and the Caribbean

Figure 3.2b

point compared to 1990. Nevertheless, this share is lower than that of regions such as Europe, North America and China (figure 3.2a). It is worth noting that the European Union and the United States managed to reduce their share of global emissions in 1990-2005, while China registered an average annual increase of 4.8% for that period.

The total CO2 emissions, i.e., including those

associated with land use changes, highlight anew LAC’s contribution to total global emissions (figure 3.2b), though varying widely within the region, with Brazil contributing the largest share of the region’s emissions associated with changes in land use.

European Union India 100% 100%

37% 41% 18% 13% 13% 15% 16% 12% 3% 4% 10% China Rest of the world Source: ECLAC on the basis of Climate Analysis Indicators Tool (CAIT) Version 7.0. (Washington, DC: World Resources Institute, 2010).

Carbon dioxide

Methane Nitrous oxide Others

(HFC,PFC and SF6) 20 000

*Note: Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development ( Australia, Austria, Belgium, Canada, Czech Republic, Denmark, Finland, France, Germany, Greece, Hungary, Iceland, Ireland, Italy, Japan, Korea Rep., Luxembourg, Netherlands, New Zealand, Norway, Portugal, Slovak Rep., Spain, Sweden, Switzerland, United Kingdom, United States.

30 000

40 000

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