Global, Regional, and National CO2 Emissions

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Based on 2004 fossil-fuel CO2 emission estimates, Spain ranks as the seventeenth highest national emitter of CO2 with 90 million metric tons of carbon. Liquid fuels have been the dominant source of CO2 from Spain since 1966, contributing 50% of emissions in 2004 after averaging almost 70% in the mid-1970s. Coal was the dominant CO2 source before 1966 and still contributed 25% in 2004, although emissions from coal have changed little since the late 1980s. Emissions from natural gas use have grown ten-fold since the late 1970s and now result in a release from Spain of almost 16 million metric tons of carbon. Annual per capita emissions remain low, in contrast with those of most other Western European nations, at a rate of 2.08 metric 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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