Tag: Global

Counting on …. Day 58

4th February 2024

To get a feel for the size or scope of carbon emissions, we can look at how much each nation produces. These figures represent the emissions produced in each country – including for items that are then exported – and does not include the emissions of goods produced in other countries (ie emissions attributed to imports). Nor do the national figures allow for international aviation and shipping so these are shown separately.

  • Global carbon footprint for 2022 – 37.14 giga tonnes;  varying from an average of 37.6 tonnes per person for someone living in Qatar, to 0.1 tonnes for someone living in Malawi, Rawanda or Sierra Leone*
  • UK carbon footprint for 2022 – 318 million tonnes; an average of 4.7 tonnes per person*
  • International aviation 2022 – 425 million tonnes 
  • International shipping 2022 – 625 million tonnes  

For more details see https://ourworldindata.org/co2-emissions

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 Action 8: The climate crisis is affecting the whole world. Sometimes in the UK it can seem as if the effects of the crisis are minimal – although recent flash floods and heat waves are changing this -so why not  choose a country somewhere else in the world -eg in the Pacific or the Arctic – and find out how life there is being changed.