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Chapter 4. Case Study: Spain 168
• HDI: The state of a country’s development can be expressed in terms of
life expectancy, education and GDP. In principle, high values of this index
could mean that the country in question has the technical, financial and
institutional resources to implement mitigation actions. Spain is at the top end
of the scale.
Table 4 - 2 . Nationwide intensities for Spain.
2005
GHG emissions/GDP (PPP) 7,554 kgCO2eq./2000 US$
GHG emissions/capita 6,9 tCO2eq./cap
TPES/capita 43,6 Toe
GHG emissions/TPES 0,16 t CO2eq./toe
TPES/GDP (PPP) 48036 Toe/M 2000 US$
GDP (PPP)/cap 0,908 Ths 2000 US$/cap
Human Development Index 0,94
Figure 4 – 1 shows trends in four of these indices between 1990 and 2004
relative to their 2004 value to allow for comparison across quantities and to
identify potential decoupling trends.
Figure 4 – 2 shows a ‘performance meter’, comparing Spain’s performance to
that of other countries for each of the four indicators. In general 1 , the borders
between the colours represent the non-Annex I average, world average and
Annex I average as indicated below in Figure 4 – 1.
1 Usually the Annex I average is above the world average and the non-Annex I average is below the
world average. When this is not the case, the order of Annex I and non-Annex I averages (and the
corresponding colours) in the meters are swapped.
Escuela Técnica Superior de Ingeniería ICAI Carmen Bunzl Boulet Junio 2008