CO₂ Emissions from Fossil-Fuel Combustion and Land-Use Change

Figure 5

Note: The width of the bars represents population while the height represents per capita fossil-fuel emissions. Consequently, the total area of the rectangle (population times emissions per person) represents total emissions. Countries in the "Pacific Asia" group are shaded in black. Source: IPCC, 1995.

Figure 5 shows CO₂ emissions on a regional basis. Emissions from the combustion of fossil fuels are broken out by the three major fuels coal, oil, and gas. The triangles at the top of each bar illustrate the uncertainty associated with emissions from land-use changes. As shown in the figure, most of the CO₂ emissions in the Northern Hemisphere result from the use of fossil fuels, while land-use changes account for a significant portion of emissions in Latin America, Africa, and Pacific Asia.