TROPICAL RAINFORESTS

Graph: Carbon dioxide emissions for Pacific Islands (Palau)

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 Pacific Islands (Palau) (metric tons of carbon) Table of annual carbon emissions and per capita emissions for Pacific Islands (Palau) . 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 1955 3 0.05 1956 3 0.05 1957 4 0.06 1958 4 0.06 1959 4 0.06 1960 4 0.06 1961 14 0.19 1962 14 0.19 1963 15 0.19 1964 16 0.19 1965 18 0.21 1966 18 0.21 1967 20 0.22 1968 21 0.23 1969 36 0.38 1970 37 0.37 1971 45 0.44 1972 47 0.44 1973 48 0.44 1974 53 0.47 1975 53 0.45 1976 31 0.26 1977 50 0.41 1978 30 0.24 1979 34 0.26 1980 43 0.32 1981 43 0.31 1982 43 0.3 1983 43 0.29 1984 43 0.29 1985 44 0.28 1986 44 0.27 1987 44 0.26 1988 50 0.29 1989 62 0.34 1990 64 0.46 1991 64 0.44 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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