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A table about Accounting units
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About All actors towards a climate neutral society
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Kilograms of CO2 equivalents
per 100 kilocalories of product
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Thousand million litres per year
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Global map about Biofuel production
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About Biofuel versus fossil fuel
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Carbon stored by forests graphic, Distribution of carbon inventory graphic and Carbon inventory up to 2100.
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One certified emission reduction unit is equivalent to a one-tonne reduction in greenhouse gas emissions (measured in CO2 equivalent).
Circles have only been drawn for countries that have issued [..]
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Greenhouse gases emissions, HUMAN ACTIVITIES, CLIMATE CHANGE PROCESSES, MAIN CLIMATE FEATURES, MAJOR THREATS.
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The Climate Change Performance Index developed by Germanwatch is calculated using three weighted indexes:
*Emissions trends for energy, transport, industry and residential account for 50 % of [..]
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In Copenhagen 36 per cent of the city's inhabitants
cycle to work, using a network of more than 330
kilometres of cycle tracks and travelling at an average
speed of 15 kph.
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Coal producers are already taking advantage of the oil shortage and might even more in the future.
In 2004 43 % of the electricity produced in the world came from coal.
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Train versus plane in a busy world
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Table explaining Emission Calculators
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Direct measurements of greenhouse gases emissions are not possible. Assessments are therefore using precise theoretical calculations for each sectors. They are called “emission factors” and are [..]
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Thousand million tonnes of CO2 equivalent per year
(1970-2004 period)
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Average emissions Thousand million tonnes of CO2 equivalent per year
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Energy consumption for heating and hot water Kilowatt hour per square metre per year
CO2 emissions depending on the energy used for heating and hot water, for a 100 square metre dwelling Kilograms [..]
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Buildings (residential and commercial) account for 10 to 15% of all greenhouse gas emissions, including almost 70% carbon dioxide and 25% methane.
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Oil required for production Liters per kilogram of vegetable
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CO2 emissions are not directly deducible from energy costs. Concrete for instance is a very CO2-intensive material due to the emissions from chemical processes involved in its production, despite the [..]
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WWF Ranking of the 30 dirtiest power plants in Europe
Please note:
*These are not the most emitting power plants but the least efficient ones.
*This ranking only compares plants located in the [..]
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Examples of GHG emission amounts generated by different activities or goods are scattered across the book in the form of proportional bubbles (in kilograms of CO2 equivalent).
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Examples of GHG emission amounts generated by different activities or goods are scattered across the book in the form of proportional bubbles (in kilograms of CO2 equivalent).
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Examples of GHG emission amounts generated by different activities or goods are scattered across the book in the form of proportional bubbles (in kilograms of CO2 equivalent).
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Examples of GHG emission amounts generated by different activities or goods are scattered across the book in the form of proportional bubbles (in kilograms of CO2 equivalent).
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Examples of GHG emission amounts generated by different activities or goods are scattered across the book in the form of proportional bubbles (in kilograms of CO2 equivalent).
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Examples of GHG emission amounts generated by different activities or goods are scattered across the book in the form of proportional bubbles (in kilograms of CO2 equivalent).
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Examples of GHG emission amounts generated by different activities or goods are scattered across the book in the form of proportional bubbles (in kilograms of CO2 equivalent).
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Examples of GHG emission amounts generated by different activities or goods are scattered across the book in the form of proportional bubbles (in kilograms of CO2 equivalent).
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Examples of GHG emission amounts generated by different activities or goods are scattered across the book in the form of proportional bubbles (in kilograms of CO2 equivalent).
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Examples of GHG emission amounts generated by different activities or goods are scattered across the book in the form of proportional bubbles (in kilograms of CO2 equivalent).
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Examples of GHG emission amounts generated by different activities or goods are scattered across the book in the form of proportional bubbles (in kilograms of CO2 equivalent).
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Examples of GHG emission amounts generated by different activities or goods are scattered across the book in the form of proportional bubbles (in kilograms of CO2 equivalent).
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Examples of GHG emission amounts generated by different activities or goods are scattered across the book in the form of proportional bubbles (in kilograms of CO2 equivalent).
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Examples of GHG emission amounts generated by different activities or goods are scattered across the book in the form of proportional bubbles (in kilograms of CO2 equivalent).
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Examples of GHG emission amounts generated by different activities or goods are scattered across the book in the form of proportional bubbles (in kilograms of CO2 equivalent).
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Examples of GHG emission amounts generated by different activities or goods are scattered across the book in the form of proportional bubbles (in kilograms of CO2 equivalent).
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Examples of GHG emission amounts generated by different activities or goods are scattered across the book in the form of proportional bubbles (in kilograms of CO2 equivalent).
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Examples of GHG emission amounts generated by different activities or goods are scattered across the book in the form of proportional bubbles (in kilograms of CO2 equivalent).
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Examples of GHG emission amounts generated by different activities or goods are scattered across the book in the form of proportional bubbles (in kilograms of CO2 equivalent).
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Examples of GHG emission amounts generated by different activities or goods are scattered across the book in the form of proportional bubbles (in kilograms of CO2 equivalent).
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(in pink, the average German rates used here). Better results can be obtained for metro, tram and train if more people are using them (better network and schedules, accessibility, affordability and [..]
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The data comes from national reports to UNFCCC.
For developing countries (i. e. non-Annex I countries), data is either old or missing.
To better reflect the truth, we chose to overlap 2000 data [..]
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The national greenhouse gas intensity measures the quantity of GHG emissions in relation to the economic output of a country and is independent of the absolute quantity of GHG emitted. Other ways to [..]
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Million tons of CO2, How much is emitted by ships?
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Facilities emitting more than 100 000 tonnes of CO2 each year
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“Manufacturing computers is materials-intensive; the total fossil fuels used to make one desktop computer weigh over 240 kilograms, some ten times the weight of the computer itself. This is very high [..]
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Meat imports in 2005 & Meat consumption
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Other options
besides flight?
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Even though the nuclear industry does not significantly contribute to greenhouse gas emissions, it is a disputable alternative to fossil fuels.
In the former USSR people and the environment still [..]
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Table explaining Offset providers
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About political choices, National / International scale, Local / City scale
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Number of projects by host parties and Number of projects by investor parties
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In this example, C02 emitted each day by two persons living in Munich are detailed, showing two different ways of fulfilling the same needs: 38 kg of C02 emitted by an average consumer versus 14 kg by [..]
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The area of the squares is proportionate to the annual reduction in emissions in million tonnes of CO2 equivalent.
Estimated values calculated by France's Environment Institute (Ifen), drawing on [..]
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This graphic attempts to show 'all in one': the various measures for greenhouse gas reduction with both reduction (in CO2 equivalent) and cost (in Euros) quantified.
Read from left to right it gives [..]
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About table01
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About table02
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About table03
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Number of air transport passengers per year (millions)
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Map showing The boom in shipping trade and a graphic showing world imports.
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The figures indicate carbon storage and flows, expressed in Gigatonnes (1 000 million tonnes) of carbon.
The arrows are proportionate to the volume of carbon.
The figures for the flows express [..]
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The following gases
are taken into account:
CO2 - Carbon dioxide
CH4 - Methane
N2O - Nitrous oxide
PFCs - Perfluorocarbons
HFCs - Hydrofluorocarbons
SF6 - Sulphur hexafluoride
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The United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC), adopted in 1992, divides countries into Annex I (industrialized countries and countries with economies in transition) and Non-Annex [..]
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Household appliances with a standby mode
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Biodiesel is produced from oil, which can be sourced from oil seed crops such as rapeseed, soy bean, sunflower or jatropha and from waste oil such as cooking oil. Water and other contaminants are [..]
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Transport-related energy consumption
Gigajoules per capita per year,
Urban density
Inhabitants per hectare
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Share of transport-related
greenhouse gas emissions
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All data is for 2000. All calculations are based on CO2 equivalents, using 100-year global warming potentials from
the IPCC (1996), based on a total global estimate of 41 755 MtCO2 equivalent. Land [..]
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