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Figures from the Global Carbon Budget 2021

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Atmospheric CO2 concentration
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Perturbation of the carbon cycle
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Global fossil CO2 emissions
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Contributions to change: Countries
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Forecast of atmospheric concentration
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Global fossil CO2 emissions
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Emissions of the top six emitters
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Per-capita emissions of the top six emitters
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Kaya decomposition: China
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Kaya decomposition: USA
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Kaya decomposition: EU27
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Kaya decomposition: India
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Kaya decomposition: ROW
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Kaya decomposition: World
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Global emissions from coal, oil, gas and cement
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Global emissions from coal, oil, gas and cement
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Contributions to change: Categories
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Cement carbonation uptake
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Global energy use by category
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Changes in global energy consumption
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Energy use: China
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Energy use: USA
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Energy use: European Union (28)
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Energy use: India
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Global land-use change emissions
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Land-use change gross flows
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Global fossil and LUC emissions
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Global carbon budget: Cumulative
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Global carbon budget
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Maps of sources and sinks
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Airborne fraction
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Ocean carbon sink
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Terrestrial carbon sink
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Land and ocean sinks
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Latitudinal variability of fluxes
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Carbon imbalance
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Changes to atmospheric CO2 since 1850
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Remaining carbon budget
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Global CO2 emissions by region
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Global CO2 emissions per capita
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Global emissions and intensity of the economy
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Emissions intensity of the top four emitters
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Emissions intensity and GDP by country
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Emissions per capita and population by country
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Comparing perspectives on emissions
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Emissions by continent
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Per-capita emissions by continent
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Consumption-based emissions for the top four
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Per capita Consumption-based emissions
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Consumption-based emissions for OECD
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Cumulative share of emissions by country
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Global emissions by source
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Cumulative share of emissions by continent
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Share of global emissions by source
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Global energy use by category
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Changes to atmospheric CO2 two years

Selected Country Figures


United States of America
Emissions
United States of America
Energy
United States of America
Energy
United States of America
Energy