Russia Fossil-Fuel CO₂ Emissions

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Since 1992 total fossil-fuel CO₂ emissions from Russia have dropped 24.6% to 427 million metric tons of carbon, still the third largest emitting country in the world and the largest emitter of the republics comprising the former USSR. Emissions from gas consumption still represent the largest fraction (52.5%) of Russia's emissions and only recently have returned to the 1992 level. Emissions from coal consumption have dropped 30.1% since 1992 and presently account for 22.0% of Russia's emissions. Russia has the largest population of any eastern European country with a population near 142 million people. From a per capita standpoint, Russia's 2006 per capita emission rate of 2.99 metric tons of carbon per person exceeds the global average and represents the fourth highest rate of the region behind Estonia (3.56), Kazakhstan (3.45), and the Czech Republic (3.05).