Global Warming and Climate Change Demystified by Jerry Silver

Author:Jerry Silver [Silver, Jerry]
Language: eng
Format: epub, mobi, pdf
Tags: General, Science, Global warming, Climatic changes, Environmental Science, Earth Sciences, Meteorology & Climatology, Popular works
ISBN: 9780071502405
Publisher: McGraw-Hill
Published: 2008-05-02T04:00:00+00:00

Figure 6-9 Comparison of greenhouse gas emissions by emerging versus developed countries. (Source: EPA.)

Table 6-4 Carbon Dioxide Contributions of Various Counties Overall and for the Year 2005

Source: Dangerous human-made interference with climate: a GISS modelE study., J Hansen and 46 co-authors (2007) Atmos. Chem. Phys., 7, 2287-2312, PDF available at http://www.columbia.edu/~jeh1/canweavert.pdf]

It is clear from looking at Table 6-4 that no single country is responsible for the world’s greenhouse gases and no country alone can correct the problem independently. The United States has contributed the most to the overall buildup of carbon dioxide in the atmosphere to date. It is contributing a smaller percentage in 2005, not because it has reduced it carbon dioxide emissions but rather because the rest of the world is catching up. China is becoming a close second and is closing rapidly. Some countries are showing a decrease in the percentage of their carbon dioxide emissions. This shows progress toward greenhouse gas emissions that some of these countries committed to at The International Framework Convention on Climate Change in Kyoto in 1997.

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