According to the data published by Climate Trace, an independent environmental organization, 530 million tons of carbon dioxide emissions were released last year alone in Turkey and 50.6 billion tons of carbon dioxide emissions worldwide.
According to the report, about 64% of global emissions were caused by 10 countries, mainly China, USA, India, Russia and Indonesia.
Global emissions are equivalent to 50 billion tons of carbon dioxide today:
With the contribution of 234 scientists, global warming has increased alarmingly in the last 2,000 years due to anthropogenic emissions, according to the report published this year by the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC). By 2030, half of the emissions, which are the biggest threat to the planet, which is warming above 1 degree according to the current state of the situation; It should reach zero level by 2050.
According to information compiled from the Center for Climate and Energy Solutions and Climate Trace data, 76% of human-caused global greenhouse gas emissions are carbon dioxide, 16% are methane, and the remaining 8% are nitrous oxide and others.
Global emissions have increased dramatically over the past 70 years. Emissions, which were the equivalent of 35 billion tons of carbon dioxide in 1990, have reached the level of 50 billion tons today.
The biggest emissions are from the electricity sector:
Last year, the global emission of 50.6 billion tons of carbon dioxide equivalent emissions was 26.8% electricity, 19.2% manufacturing, 13.5% transportation, 12.7% agriculture, 10.8% oil and gas, 8%, 4 was caused by buildings. The waste sector caused 6.5% of the emissions, while the maritime sector caused 2%.
Since fossil fuels, which are used extensively in the electricity and transportation sector, are among the leading causes of global warming, the termination of the use of fossil fuels such as coal is of great importance for the temperature increase that should be limited to 1.5 degrees.
China is in the 1st place:
China, which is known to be the world’s largest coal producer and consumer with 13.63 billion tons of carbon dioxide equivalent emissions, caused 26.9% of global emissions. China, which came first in the ranking, was followed by the USA with 12.2% emissions, equivalent to 6.18 billion tons, and India with 7.35% emissions, equivalent to 3.72 billion tons.
Russia accounts for 4.8% of the total emissions, corresponding to 2.43 billion tons of carbon dioxide; Indonesia caused 2.8%, equivalent to 1.42 billion tons of carbon dioxide. These countries were followed by Japan with 2.6%, Brazil with 2.4%, Germany with 1.65%, Iran with 1.63% and Canada with 1.52%.
The majority of global emissions are caused by Asian countries:
According to Our World in Data data, the country distribution of emissions began to undergo a major change since the 1800s.
The UK, which was in the first place as the country that emits the most emissions in the world until 1888, is now responsible for 0.9% of global emissions. By 1888, the USA surpassed the UK in emissions.
In Asian countries, which cause a large part of global emissions, the increase in emissions started to increase after 1950, and China became the first place as the owner of the “biggest pollutant” title, overtaking the USA in annual emissions.
What is the rank of Turkey among the most polluting countries in the world?
Turkey, which plans to take big steps in the fight against climate change after the Paris Agreement that it will sign next month; Its share in last year’s global emissions was calculated as 1% with 530 million tons of carbon dioxide equivalent emissions. According to the data revealing that only 10 “polluting” countries cause 64% of the total emissions, Turkey ranked 16th.
In Turkey, 24.1% of the emissions originate from the electricity sector, 21.2% is manufacturing, 15.8% is transportation, 13.8% is buildings, 11.1% is waste, 9.3% agriculture and the remaining 4.7% were maritime, oil and natural gas sectors.
After ratifying the Paris Agreement, Turkey, which needs to chart a new route for emission reduction, hopes to reduce the increase in emissions by 21% across its previous commitment.
Turkey will ratify the Paris Climate Agreement:
President Erdogan announced today when Turkey will ratify the Paris Climate Agreement. For details of the statement:
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