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Graph: Carbon dioxide emissions for Cook Islands

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 Cook Islands (metric tons of carbon) Table of annual carbon emissions and per capita emissions for Cook Islands . 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 1969 3 0.16 1970 3 0.12 1971 3 0.12 1972 3 0.17 1973 3 0.13 1974 3 0.17 1975 4 0.22 1976 4 0.22 1977 8 0.4 1978 8 0.42 1979 7 0.37 1980 8 0.47 1981 18 0.98 1982 14 0.84 1983 14 0.84 1984 6 0.34 1985 6 0.34 1986 6 0.34 1987 6 0.34 1988 6 0.33 1989 6 0.33 1990 6 0.33 1991 6 0.33 1992 6 0.31 1993 6 0.29 1994 6 0.29 1995 6 0.31 1996 6 0.29 1997 6 0.33 1998 6 0.34 1999 8 0.47 2000 8 0.44 2001 9 0.52 2002 8 0.46 2003 9 0.5 2004 15 0.74 2005 17 0.83 2006 18 0.83 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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