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CO2 emissions, Net Zero, and the rest of the world – how does the UK compare?

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The second report in our two-parter on CO2 emissions will surprise readers

In Part One we compared the UK’s performance on CO2 emissions with that of the EU and showed how far behind the EU really is, versus the UK. In today’s report we look out globally.

Countries such as China, the US, and India have massive populations and therefore their total emissions of CO (and other ‘greenhouse gases’) will naturally exceed those of the UK, with its much smaller population.

First we look at total emissions of CO2 by the largest countries, compared to the UK. Then we go on to show the emissions per capita, to eliminate the size of the populations.

Next we look at the measure we used in Part One : CO2 emissions per capita

Using our measure of ‘CO2 emissions per person’ strips out the effect of population size. We decided to look at how the UK is performing against some of the larger countries of the world on this basis.

As we stated in Part One, we are doing this to inform the growing debate in the United Kingdom about the pace of the rush to Net Zero. The Internet’s censors reading this should note that we are making no value judgements about the extent of global warming, nor its causes. We are merely reporting facts.

CO2 emissions per capita – the major economies plus EU countries

The biggest emissions per capita by far come from the Gulf States, perhaps unsurprisingly. In order not to give readers information overload, we have focused on major economies outside that region, as well as including the EU27 countries which appear – and the results may surprise some readers.

Please treat with caution: We have taken out the Gulf states and some other smaller oil and gas producers, as well as some small island states, in order to focus on larger economies and those whose leaders parade at COP summits.

Who would have thought the Worst 3 would be Australia, the US, and Canada?

Given the ‘luvvie, woke’ credentials of Canada’s PM, Justin Trudeau, readers may find it surprising that despite his posturing Canada comes in at No.3 in our (admittedly redacted) list. Canada is emitting nearly three times as much CO2 per person as the UK is doing.

Another point of interest is that 12 out of the Worst 25 in our list are EU member countries. It should be remembered that the EU’s No.1 policy objective is its ‘Green Deal’. Almost every pronouncement out of Brussels – on almost any subject – tries to mention the environment and how such-and-such a new policy supports the EU Commission’s Green Deal.

What of China, India, and Russia?

We are commenting on the CO2 output of these large countries because they are big emitters and because neither China nor India have condemned Putin’s illegal invasion of Ukraine. China in particular has been generally supportive of President Putin.

Taken together, these three countries represent 43% of the global emissions of CO2. Meanwhile the United Kingdom’s output accounts for just 0.93%. Not one of these three countries has engaged in anything remotely approaching the UK’s ‘Net Zero’ targets. In fact China continues to build coal-fired power stations like there’s no tomorrow.

[ Sources: Oxford University’s ‘Our World in Data’ based on the Global Carbon Project. All figures from 2021. ] Politicians and journalists can contact us for details, as ever.

Brexit Facts4EU.Org, Thurs 17 Aug 2023

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