The climate impact of fossil fuel exports
BAKU, Nov 23 (Reuters) -A landmark agreement reached in Paris in 2015 to fight climate change requires countries to set targets and report on progress reducing national levels of planet-warming greenhouse gas emissions.
However, it does not impose such requirements for emissions generated from fossil fuels they drill, mine and ship elsewhere.
Climate Action Tracker, an independent scientific project that tracks government climate action, calculated the emissions impact of fossil fuel shipments from several top exporters. It used data from the International Energy Agency for 2022, the latest available for all countries analyzed.
Here are their findings:
Country | Domestic emissions | Exported emissions |
USA | 6,378.04 | 2,011.01 |
Russia | 2,038.29 | 2,024.98 |
Indonesia | 1,155.11 | 1,064.40 |
Canada | 699.50 | 1,032.14 |
Saudi | 741.00 | 1,507.74 |
Australia | 517.76 | 1,210.00 |
Norway | 48.28 | 555.69 |
Iraq | N/A | 618.47 |
Qatar | N/A | 474.11 |
(Note: emissions in megatons of CO2 equivalent)
Writing by Richard Valdmanis; Editing by Alexandra Zavis
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