“For the first time, India edged out the EU-27 for third place, coming in at 6.6% of global emissions.”Ĭhina is a large country, with a population of 1.4 billion, and up to now its per capita emissions have remained considerably lower than those in the developed world, the researchers note.
“China alone contributed over 27% of total global emissions, far exceeding the US – the second highest emitter – which contributed 11% of the global total,” the report said. 1/5 /GXQbAg5Qew- Rhodium Group May 6, 2021 China alone contributed 27% of total global emissions, and the US-the 2nd highest emitter-contributed 11%. In 2019, they exceeded 14 gigatons of CO2-equivalent for the first time.īased on our newly updated estimates for 2019, global emissions reached 52 gigatons of CO2e in 2019, an 11.4% increase over the past decade. While China’s emissions were less than a quarter of developed country emissions in 1990, they have more than tripled over the past three decades, the report said. China’s annual emissions exceeded those of all developed nations combined in 2019, the first time this has happened since national greenhouse gas emissions have been measured, according to a new report from the Rhodium Group.Ĭhinese President Xi Jinping has vowed to make his country carbon neutral by 2060, and climate policy is seen as a major area of cooperation – and even competition – between the United States and China.īut the new report highlights how difficult reducing China’s impact on the climate could be.Īccording to the researchers, global emissions reached 52 gigatons of CO2-equivalent in 2019, an increase of 11.4% over the past decade.
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