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TABLE 2.1
Global annual average temperature increase relative to 1880, annual average carbon
dioxide concentration at NOAA’s Mauna Loa Observatory, and global annual average
methane concentrations.
Year
Temperature
Increase (°C)
Carbon Dioxide
Concentration (ppm)
Methane Concentration
(ppm)
1985
0.31
346
1.65
1990
0.63
355
1.71
1995
0.64
362
1.75
2000
0.59
370
1.77
2005
0.86
378
1.77
2010
0.89
387
1.80
2012
0.81
392
1.81
2014
0.92
397
1.82
2015
1.06
400
1.83
2016
1.18
403
1.84
2017
1.10
405
1.85
Sources: ESRL, 2019; Lindsey, 2018; NASA, 2019.
TABLE 2.2
Average annual carbon dioxide emissions in 2014 for
selected countries.
Country
Amount (kg/ person)
Australia
15,400
Brazil
2600
Canada
15,100
China
7500
France
4600
Germany
8900
India
1700
Israel
7900
Japan
9500
Kenya
300
Netherlands
9900
Nigeria
500
Norway
9300
Philippines
1100
Russian Federation
11,900
Saudi Arabia
19,500
Sweden
4500
United Kingdom
6500
United States
16,500
Sources: The World Bank and Carbon Dioxide Information
Analysis Center, Environmental Sciences Division, Oak Ridge
National Laboratory, Tennessee; data.worldbank.org/ (2019).