The 21st Century climate challenge

TABLE24HDI rankTotal(Mt CO 2)Annualchange(%)Carbon dioxide emissions aShare ofworld total b(%)Per capita(t CO 2)Carbon intensityof energyCO 2emissions perunit of energy use(kt of CO 2perkt of oil equivalent)Carbon intensityof growthCO 2emissionsper unit of GDP(kt of CO 2per million2000 PPP US$)Carbondioxideemissionsfrom forestbiomass c(Mt CO 2/ year)Carbonstocksin forestbiomass d(Mt Carbon)1990 2004 1990–2004 1990 2004 1990 2004 1990 2004 1990 2004 1990–2005 200554 Saint Kitts and Nevis 0.1 0.1 6.3 (.) (.) 1.5 3.2 .. .. 0.20 0.22 .. ..55 Tonga 0.1 0.1 3.7 (.) (.) 0.8 1.1 .. .. 0.15 0.16 .. ..56 Libyan Arab Jamahiriya 37.8 59.9 4.2 0.2 0.2 9.1 9.3 3.27 3.29 .. .. 0.0 6.457 Antigua and Barbuda 0.3 0.4 2.7 (.) (.) 4.8 6.0 .. .. 0.54 0.46 .. ..58 Oman 10.3 30.9 14.3 (.) 0.1 6.3 13.6 2.25 2.61 0.52 0.88 .. ..59 Trinidad and Tobago 16.9 32.5 6.6 0.1 0.1 13.9 24.9 2.80 2.88 1.98 2.05 0.2 23.660 Romania 155.1 90.4 -3.0 0.7 0.3 6.7 4.2 2.48 2.34 0.99 0.54 (.) 566.561 Saudi Arabia 254.8 308.2 1.5 1.1 1.1 15.9 13.6 3.78 2.19 1.18 1.02 0.0 17.562 Panama 3.1 5.7 5.8 (.) (.) 1.3 1.8 2.10 2.22 0.29 0.28 9.8 620.063 Malaysia 55.3 177.5 15.8 0.2 0.6 3.0 7.5 2.44 3.13 0.56 0.76 3.4 3,510.064 Belarus 94.6 i 64.9 -2.6 j 0.4 i 0.2 9.2 i 6.6 2.43 2.42 1.96 i 1.03 -20.0 539.065 Mauritius 1.5 3.2 8.5 (.) (.) 1.4 2.6 .. .. 0.21 0.24 (.) 3.966 Bosnia and Herzegovina 4.7 i 15.6 19.2 j (.) i 0.1 1.1 i 4.0 1.06 3.31 .. .. -10.9 175.567 Russian Federation 1,984.1 i 1,524.1 -1.9 j 8.8 i 5.3 13.4 i 10.6 2.56 2.38 1.61 i 1.17 71.8 32,210.068 Albania 7.3 3.7 -3.5 (.) (.) 2.2 1.2 2.73 1.55 0.73 0.26 -0.7 52.069 Macedonia (TFYR) 10.6 i 10.4 -0.2 j (.) i (.) 5.2 i 5.1 3.63 3.86 0.91 i 0.83 0.0 20.370 Brazil 209.5 331.6 4.2 0.9 1.1 1.4 1.8 1.56 1.62 0.22 0.24 1,111.4 49,335.0MEDIUM HUMAN DEVELOPMENT71 Dominica 0.1 0.1 5.8 (.) (.) 0.8 1.5 .. .. 0.17 0.26 .. ..72 Saint Lucia 0.2 0.4 9.1 (.) (.) 1.2 2.2 .. .. 0.24 0.38 .. ..73 Kazakhstan 259.2 i 200.2 -1.9 j 1.1 i 0.7 15.7 i 13.3 3.25 3.65 3.30 i 2.07 0.2 136.774 Venezuela (Bolivarian Republic of) 117.4 172.5 3.4 0.5 0.6 6.0 6.6 2.67 3.07 1.03 1.20 .. ..75 Colombia 58.0 53.6 -0.5 0.3 0.2 1.6 1.2 2.32 1.94 0.30 0.19 23.8 8,062.276 Ukraine 600.0 i 329.8 -3.8 j 2.6 i 1.1 11.5 i 7.0 2.86 2.35 1.59 i 1.18 -60.5 744.577 Samoa 0.1 0.2 1.5 (.) (.) 0.8 0.8 .. .. 0.19 0.16 .. ..78 Thailand 95.7 267.9 12.8 0.4 0.9 1.7 4.2 2.18 2.76 0.38 0.56 17.8 716.079 Dominican Republic 9.6 19.6 7.5 (.) 0.1 1.3 2.2 2.31 2.56 0.31 0.33 0.0 82.080 Belize 0.3 0.8 11.0 (.) (.) 1.6 2.9 .. .. 0.39 0.44 0.0 59.081 China 2,398.9 5,007.1 7.8 10.6 17.3 2.1 3.8 2.77 3.11 1.30 0.70 -334.9 6,096.082 Grenada 0.1 0.2 5.6 (.) (.) 1.3 2.7 .. .. 0.23 0.29 .. ..83 Armenia 3.7 i 3.6 -0.1 j (.) i (.) 1.0 i 1.2 0.86 1.71 0.65 i 0.31 0.4 18.184 Turkey 146.2 226.0 3.9 0.6 0.8 2.6 3.2 2.76 2.76 0.48 0.45 -18.0 816.885 Suriname 1.8 2.3 1.9 (.) (.) 4.5 5.2 .. .. 0.81 0.78 0.0 5,692.086 Jordan 10.2 16.5 4.4 (.) 0.1 3.1 2.9 2.91 2.52 0.84 0.66 0.0 2.387 Peru 21.0 31.5 3.5 0.1 0.1 1.0 1.1 2.11 2.38 0.25 0.22 .. ..88 Lebanon 9.1 16.3 5.6 (.) 0.1 3.3 4.2 3.94 3.01 1.24 0.92 .. 1.889 Ecuador 16.7 29.3 5.4 0.1 0.1 1.6 2.2 2.73 2.90 0.50 0.60 .. ..90 Philippines 43.9 80.5 5.9 0.2 0.3 0.7 1.0 1.68 1.82 0.19 0.22 111.2 970.791 Tunisia 13.3 22.9 5.2 0.1 0.1 1.6 2.3 2.40 2.63 0.35 0.32 -0.9 9.892 Fiji 0.8 1.1 2.3 (.) (.) 1.1 1.2 .. .. 0.22 i 0.24 .. ..93 Saint Vincent and the Grenadines 0.1 0.2 10.4 (.) (.) 0.8 1.7 .. .. 0.16 0.29 .. ..94 Iran (Islamic Republic of) 218.3 433.3 7.0 1.0 1.5 4.0 6.4 3.17 2.97 0.85 0.93 -1.7 334.095 Paraguay 2.3 4.2 6.1 (.) (.) 0.5 0.7 0.73 1.04 0.12 0.18 .. ..96 Georgia 15.1 i 3.9 -6.2 j 0.1 i (.) 2.8 i 0.8 1.73 1.38 1.39 i 0.32 -4.6 210.097 Guyana 1.1 1.4 2.0 (.) (.) 1.5 1.9 .. .. 0.63 0.47 .. 1,722.098 Azerbaijan 49.8 i 31.3 -3.1 j 0.2 i 0.1 6.9 i 3.8 2.99 2.42 1.92 i 1.06 0.0 57.999 Sri Lanka 3.8 11.5 14.8 (.) (.) 0.2 0.6 0.68 1.22 0.09 0.15 3.2 40.0100 Maldives 0.2 0.7 26.5 (.) (.) 0.7 2.5 .. .. .. .. .. ..101 Jamaica 8.0 10.6 2.4 (.) (.) 3.3 4.0 2.70 2.60 1.04 1.06 0.2 34.0102 Cape Verde 0.1 0.3 15.2 (.) (.) 0.3 0.7 .. .. 0.08 0.11 -0.6 7.9103 El Salvador 2.6 6.2 9.7 (.) (.) 0.5 0.9 1.03 1.37 0.14 0.20 .. ..104 Algeria 77.0 193.9 10.8 0.3 0.7 3.0 5.5 3.23 5.89 0.56 0.99 -6.0 114.0105 Viet Nam 21.4 98.6 25.8 0.1 0.3 0.3 1.2 0.88 1.96 0.28 0.47 -72.5 1,174.0106 Occupied Palestinian Territories .. 0.6 .. .. (.) .. 0.2 .. .. .. .. .. ..Human development indicatorsHUMAN DEVELOPMENT REPORT 2007/2008 311