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Examples of GHG emission amounts 02

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).
Examples of GHG emission amounts 02

Emissions from agriculture

Average emissions Thousand million tonnes of CO2 equivalent per year
Emissions from agriculture

Meat imports in 2005

Meat imports in 2005 & Meat consumption
Meat imports in 2005

Registered projects implemented under Kyoto’s “Clean Development Mechanism”

Number of projects by host parties and Number of projects by investor parties
Registered projects implemented under Kyoto’s “Clean Development Mechanism”

Carbon inventory

Carbon stored by forests graphic, Distribution of carbon inventory graphic and Carbon inventory up to 2100.
Carbon inventory

Animal proteins: the good, the bad and the ugly

Kilograms of CO2 equivalents per 100 kilocalories of product
Animal proteins: the good, the bad and the ugly

Biofuel production

Thousand million litres per year
Biofuel production

Strategic options for climate change mitigation Global cost curve for greenhouse gas abatement measures

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 [..]
Strategic options for climate change mitigation Global cost curve for greenhouse gas abatement measures

Europe’s “Dirty Thirty”

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 [..]
Europe’s “Dirty Thirty”

Political choices

About political choices, National / International scale, Local / City scale
Political choices

Varying contribution to climate change

Share of transport-related greenhouse gas emissions
Varying contribution to climate change

Same comfort level, same needs, different choices

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 [..]
Same comfort level, same needs, different choices

Offset providers

Table explaining Offset providers
Offset providers

Greenhouse gas emissions for three sectors

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 [..]
Greenhouse gas emissions for three sectors

Emission Calculators

Table explaining Emission Calculators
Emission Calculators



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