Global, Regional, and National CO2 Emissions

CENTRALLY PLANNED ASIA

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What countries constitute Centrally Planned Asia?

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Centrally Planned Asia (CPA) includes Vietnam, North Korea (officially Democratic People's Republic of Korea), and Mongolia, but regional statistics are dominated by the People's Republic of China. China currently contributes 92.3% of the region's population and 96.4% of the regional total for fossil-fuel CO2 emissions. In 1950, China produced 96.9% of the region's fossil-fuel CO2 emissions from fossil-fuel burning. Growth in CO2 emissions was virtually continuous until 1996 as the CPA contribution rose from 1.4% of the world total in 1950 to 15.6% in 1996. Declines in fossil-fuel emissions for 1997 and 1998 are attributed largely to reported reductions in Chinese coal production and more efficient consumption of coal. Since 1998, thanks to the economic growth of China CPA emissions have grown a phenomenal 61% to the present level of 1.4 billion tons of carbon.

CITE AS:  Marland, G., T.A. Boden, and R.J. Andres. 2007. Global, Regional, and National CO2 Emissions. In Trends: A Compendium of Data on Global Change. Carbon Dioxide Information Analysis Center, Oak Ridge National Laboratory, U.S. Department of Energy, Oak Ridge, Tenn., U.S.A.
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