World bank co2 emissions metric tons per capita bolivia 2015
Introduction
Since the beginning of 21st century, global greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions had followed an increasing trend mainly due to the increase in emissions from China and the other emerging economies. As a result, the atmospheric concentrations of greenhouse gases substantially increased enhancing the natural greenhouse effect, which may negatively affect the life on the Earth.
According to the latest data, global GHG emissions in 2023 reached 53.0 Gt CO2eq (without Land Use, land Use Change and Forestry). The 2023 data represent the highest level recorded and experienced an increase of 1.9% or 994 Mt CO2eq compared to the levels in 2022. In the framework of UNFCCC, countries are developing national emissions inventories and propose/implement actions to mitigate GHG emissions. Fossil CO2 emissions, which are the main contributors to global GHG emissions are still increasing at world level despite climate change mitigation agreements. In this context, EDGAR provides an independent estimate of greenhouse gases for all world countries, based on a robust and consistent methodology stemming from the latest IPCC guidelines and most recent activity data. Following the la
Introduction
The global GHG emissions trend has increased since the beginning of the 21st century in comparison to the three previous decades, mainly due to the increase in CO2 emissions from China and the other emerging economies. As a result, the atmospheric concentrations of greenhouse gases substantially increased enhancing the natural greenhouse effect, which may negatively affect the life on the Earth. These issues are internationally addressed in the framework of UNFCCC; countries are developing national emissions inventories and propose/implement actions to mitigate GHG emissions. CO2 emissions, which are the main responsible for global warming are still increasing at world level despite climate change mitigation agreements.
EDGAR provides an independent estimate of greenhouse gases for each world country, based on a robust and consistent methodology stemming from the latest IPCC guidelines and most recent activity data. Following the latest update released in September 2020, emission data are now available for fossil CO2 for each country for the time period 1970-2019 while national emissions for other GHGs are available for 1970-2015.
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Bolivia's Net Zero path: Investment needs, challenges, and opportunities
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Bolivia's CO2 emissions from fossil fuel consumption and cement production amount to around 2.1 tCO2 per person per year, which is fairly typical for a lower-middle income country.1 However, these emissions are dwarfed by the emissions caused by deforestation. According to Global Forest Watch,2 between 2001 and 2021, Bolivia lost 6.67 million hectares of forest cover, causing the emissions of 3.01 Gt of CO2 emissions. This corresponds to average emissions of 451 tCO2 per hectare of forest burned. Deforestation in Bolivia has increased steadily over the last two decades, reaching a peak of 852,000 hectares of forest loss in 2019. In 2021, forest loss was the second highest ever recorded at 558,000 hectares, causing emissions of 259 million tCO2.3 With a Bolivian population of 11.82 million, this corresponds to about 21.9 tCO2 per person from deforestation alone in 2021.
When adding emissions from all other sources of about 6 tCO2eq per person (see Section Main sources of greenhouse gas emissions in Bolivia, 2021–2050), we arrive at total per capita
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En este trabajo se analiza la relación empírica entre las emisiones de dióxido de carbono (CO2
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This paper analyzes the empirical relationship between carbon dioxide (CO2
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Environmental Kuznets Curve
panel data
unit root
cointegration
cross-section dependency
Latin America and the Caribbean
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The association between economic growth and environmental pollution is considered one of the most important empirical relationships in environmental economics, having as one of its main assumptions that in a country's maturation process, as per-capita income rises, environmental quality initially deteriorates to a certain point, after which environmental quality improves while income continues to rise. Graphically, this empirical relationship takes the shape of an inverted U-shape, and is known in the economic literature as the Environmental Kuznets Curve (EKC). Grossman and Krueger, 1995; Panayotou, 1997).
From an optimistic point of view, the EKC hypothesis suggests that economic g
| Bolivia | Carbon dioxide emissions per capita |
|---|---|
| Latest value | 1.94 |
| Year | 2023 |
| Measure | metric tons of carbon dioxide equivalent per capita |
| Data availability | 1970 - 2023 |
| Average | 1.18 |
| Min - Max | 0.66 - 1.94 |
| Source | The World Bank |
The latest value from 2023 is 1.94 metric tons of carbon dioxide equivalent per capita, an increase from 1.88 metric tons of carbon dioxide equivalent per capita in 2022. In comparison, the world average is 4.76 metric tons of carbon dioxide equivalent per capita, based on data from 189 countries. Historically, the average for Bolivia from 1970 to 2023 is 1.18 metric tons of carbon dioxide equivalent per capita. The minimum value, 0.66 metric tons of carbon dioxide equivalent per capita, was reached in 1970 while the maximum of 1.94 metric tons of carbon dioxide equivalent per capita was recorded in 2023. See the global rankings or world map for that indicator or use the country comparator to compare trends over time.
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