Indicator Code: GHGCAP
Objective: Ecosystem Vitality
Policy Category: Climate Change
Subcategory: Climate Change
Indicator Short Name: Emissions Per Capita
Indicator Full Name: Greenhouse Gas Emissions Per Capita
Indicator Description: Sum of emissions of six greenhouse gases, in CO2 equivalents, and emissions attributable to land use, divided by total population.
Units: Metric Tons C02 Equivalent Per Person
Country Coverage: 169
Reference Year: 2005:2000
Target: 2.24 Metric Tons C02 Equivalent
Target Source: Calculated by calculating 50%
Short Source: IAE, 2007, Houghton 2003, IMF 2005
Source: International Energy Agency. CO2 Emissions from Fuel Combustion (2004 edition).
International Monetary Fund, World Economic Outlook Database, October 2007 Population year 2005
Houghton, R.A. 2003. Revised estimates of the annual net flux of carbon to the atmosphere from changes in land use and land management 1850-2000. Tellus 55B:378- 390.
Source URL: http://wds.iea.org/WDS/TableViewer/dimView.aspx?ReportId=949
Methodology: For countries missing GHG emission data, values were imputed using a regression model predicting GHG emissions fom CDIAC CO2 emissions. For countries missing land-use emissions, values were imputed based on the regional average of land-use emissions were square kilometer.
GHG emissions and land-use emissions were summed and divided by 2005 population.
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