United States and China responsible for 41% of CO2 emissions in 2009

30 October 2011 Geoff Zeiss

Global CO2 emissions decreased by 0.5 Gt CO2 (1.5%) between 2008 and 2009, primarily because of the recession according to the IEA.

Two-thirds of global CO2 emissions for 2009 came from ten countries. 

The emissions of developed countries fell by 6.5%, putting them 6.4% below their collective level in 1990.

For the group of countries signing the Kyoto protocol their 2009 emissions were 14.7% below their 1990 level.

The emissions of developing countries were up by +3.3% in 2009.

Among the five largest emitters of CO2 in 2009, China, the Russian Federation and the United States significantly reduced their emissions intensity (CO2 emissions per dollar of GDP) between 1990 and 2009.

Among the five largest emitters, the levels of per capita emissions ranged from 1 tonne to 5 tonnes of CO2 per capita for India and China respectively to 17 tonnes per capita for the United States.

Geoff Zeiss

Geoff Zeiss

Geoff Zeiss has more than 20 years experience in the geospatial software industry and 15 years experience developing enterprise geospatial solutions for the utilities, communications, and public works industries. His particular interests include the convergence of BIM, CAD, geospatial, and 3D. In recognition of his efforts to evangelize geospatial in vertical industries such as utilities and construction, Geoff received the Geospatial Ambassador Award at Geospatial World Forum 2014. Currently Geoff is Principal at Between the Poles, a thought leadership consulting firm. From 2001 to 2012 Geoff was Director of Utility Industry Program at Autodesk Inc, where he was responsible for thought leadership for the utility industry program. From 1999 to 2001 he was Director of Enterprise Software Development at Autodesk. He received one of ten annual global technology awards in 2004 from Oracle Corporation for technical innovation and leadership in the use of Oracle. Prior to Autodesk Geoff was Director of Product Development at VISION* Solutions. VISION* Solutions is credited with pioneering relational spatial data management, CAD/GIS integration, and long transactions (data versioning) in the utility, communications, and public works industries. Geoff is a frequent speaker at geospatial and utility events around the world including Geospatial World Forum, Where 2.0, MundoGeo Connect (Brazil), Middle East Spatial Geospatial Forum, India Geospatial Forum, Location Intelligence, Asia Geospatial Forum, and GITA events in US, Japan and Australia. Geoff received Speaker Excellence Awards at GITA 2007-2009.

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