Sector by sector: where do global greenhouse gas emissions come from?

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Globally, we emit around 50 billion tonnes of greenhouse gases each year. Where do these emissions come from? We take a look, sector-by-sector.

Home CO2 & Greenhouse Gas Emissions We need to rapidly reduce global greenhouse gas emissions to prevent severe climate change. The world emits around 50 billion tonnes of greenhouse gases each year [measured in carbon dioxide equivalents (CO 2 eq)] . 1 To determine how we can most effectively reduce emissions and what emissions can and can’t be eliminated with current technologies, we need to first understand where our emissions come from. In this article, I present only one chart, but it is an important one — it shows the breakdown of global greenhouse gas emissions in 2016. 2 This is the la

Sector by sector: where do global greenhouse gas emissions come from?

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