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Graph: Carbon dioxide emissions for Christmas Island

Includes carbon emissions from fossil fuel combustion, cement manufacture, and gas flaring, but excludes emissions from Land Use, Land-Use Change and Forestry (LULUCF).

Chart: Carbon emissions per capita for Christmas Island (metric tons of carbon) Table of annual carbon emissions and per capita emissions for Christmas Island . All emission estimates are expressed in thousand metric tons of carbon. Per capita emission estimates are expressed in metric tons of carbon. YEAR Carbon emissions Per capita emissions 1970 19 6.42 1971 23 7.81 1972 23 7.54 1973 19 6.42 1974 34 11.44 1975 37 12.28 1976 34 11.44 1977 25 8.37 1978 25 8.37 1979 27 8.93 1980 27 8.93 1981 28 9.21 1982 20 6.7 1983 22 7.26 All data from the Carbon Dioxide Information Analysis Center at the Oak Ridge National Laboratory. Data excludes emissions from land use and agriculture (including deforestation). CITATION: Tom Boden, Gregg Marland, Robert J. Andres. Global CO2 Emissions from Fossil-Fuel Burning, Cement Manufacture, and Gas Flaring: 1751-2006. Carbon Dioxide Information Analysis Center, Oak Ridge National Laboratory; Oak Ridge, Tennessee. April 29, 2009. doi 10.3334/CDIAC/00001

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