Technologies to Reduce or Capture and Store Carbon Dioxide Emissions

The EIA projects that world energy-related carbon dioxide emissions will grow at an average
annual rate of 2.1 percent from 2003 to 2030. U.S. carbon emissions are expected to increase 1.3
percent per year while annual emissions from other Organisation for Economic Cooperation &
Development (OECD) countries are predicted to rise on average 0.9 percent. In contrast, carbon
emissions from non-OECD countries will grow more than twice as fast, averaging 3.0 percent
annually. China’s emissions of greenhouse gases are expected to triple over the same period,
rising at more than 4.2 percent per year. The non-OECD Asia region, which includes China,
India and other fast growing Asian economies, will soon have the largest GHG emissions in the
world. According to the EIA forecast, by 2030 emissions from this region are expected to be
more than 30 percent higher than greenhouse emissions in the U.S. More than 40 percent of
global carbon emissions expected over the next 30 years will come from China (see Figure 1-
13).
Energy-Related CO 2 Emissions By Region
Billion Tons
18.0
16.0
14.0
12.0
10.0
8.0
6.0
4.0
2.0
0.0
Non-OECD Asia
Other OECD
United States
Other*
Non-OECD Europe & Eurasia
1990 2002 2003 2010 2015 2020 2025 2030
* Middle East, Africa, Central & South America
Source: Energy Information Administration, International Energy Outlook
Figure 1-12: Energy-Related CO 2 Emissions by Region 1990-2030
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