The question of the day appears to be what exactly is Global Warming or Climate Change, and how exactly will it affect us.
Also what should we do to fix any future problems caused by Climate Change.
Australia in 2005 contributed 1.5% of the worlds carbon emissions, according to the Garnaut Climate Change Review (details below), and in 2006 this percentage was down to 1.3% according to the Carbon Dioxide Information Analysis Center (CDIA), (details below).
If Australia was to magically cut all emissions by 100%, we would hardly make a dent in the worlds Climate Change problem.
CO2 Emissions from Fuel Combustion
A report from the International Energy Agency (IEA)
http://www.iea.org/co2highlights/
Emissions per head of World Population over the last 36 years
| Year | World Population | World Emissions | Emissions per population |
| 1971 | 3,758.39 | 14,617.05 | 3.89 |
| 1977 | 4,210.43 | 17,645.46 | 4.19 |
| 1987 | 4,998.17 | 20,285.64 | 4.06 |
| 1997 | 5,835.65 | 22,848.61 | 3.92 |
| 2007 | 6,609.27 | 29,320.49 | 4.44 |
Notes:
Population is counted in Millions
World emissions are in million tonnes of C02
Emissions per population is tonnes of CO2 per head
The Garnaut Climate Change Review
http://www.garnautreview.org.au/chp3.htm
Shares of total greenhouse gas emissions by country/region in 2005
| 18.3% | United States |
| 18.3% | China |
| 12.6% | European Union |
| 8.4% | Former Soviet Union |
| 4.7% | OPEC |
| 4.6% | India |
| 4.3% | Other Southeast Asia and Korea |
| 3.5% | Japan |
| 2.0% | Canada |
| 2.0% | Indonesia |
| 1.5% | Australia |
| 1.3% | South Africa |
| 18.5% | Rest of world |
| 100.0% | World |
2006 CO2 total emissions by Country, in 1000 metric tons
from the Carbon Dioxide Information Analysis Center 2007 Report
http://cdiac.ornl.gov
| Total C02 Emissions | Percent of total | Country |
| 6,103,493 | 21.50% | China |
| 5,752,289 | 20.20% | United States |
| 1,564,669 | 5.50% | Russia |
| 1,510,351 | 5.30% | India |
| 1,293,409 | 4.60% | Japan |
| 805,090 | 2.80% | Germany |
| 568,520 | 2.00% | United Kingdom |
| 544,680 | 1.90% | Canada |
| 475,248 | 1.70% | South Korea |
| 474,148 | 1.70% | Italy |
| 466,976 | 1.60% | Iran |
| 436,150 | 1.60% | Mexico |
| 414,649 | 1.50% | South Africa |
| 383,148 | 1.40% | France |
| 381,564 | 1.30% | Saudi Arabia |
| 372,013 | 1.30% | Australia |
| 352,524 | 1.20% | Brazil |
| 352,235 | 1.20% | Spain |
| 333,483 | 1.20% | Indonesia |
| 319,158 | 1.10% | Ukraine |
| 318,219 | 1.10% | Poland |
| 272,521 | 1.00% | Thailand |
| 269,452 | 1.00% | Turkey |
| 193,508 | 0.70% | Kazakhstan |
| 187,865 | 0.70% | Malaysia |
| 173,536 | 0.60% | Argentina |
| 171,593 | 0.60% | Venezuela |
| 168,513 | 0.60% | Netherlands |
| 166,800 | 0.60% | Egypt |
| 142,659 | 0.50% | Pakistan |
| 139,553 | 0.50% | United Arab Emirates |
| 132,715 | 0.50% | Algeria |
| 116,991 | 0.40% | Czech Republic |
| 107,199 | 0.40% | Belgium |
| 98,490 | 0.40% | Romania |