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AN: B51F-06    [PDF]
TI: Spatial and Temporal Patterns in Carbon Emissions to the Atmosphere
AU: * Broniak, C T
EM: ctb124@psu.edu
AF: Department of Agricultural Economics and Rural Sociology, The Pennsylvania State University, University Park, PA 16802 United States
AU: Blasing, T J
EM: blasingtj@ornl.gov
AF: Carbon Dioxide Information Analysis Center, Oak Ridge National Laboratory, Oak Ridge, TN 37831-6335 United States
AU: Marland, G
EM: gum@ornl.gov
AF: Carbon Dioxide Information Analysis Center, Oak Ridge National Laboratory, Oak Ridge, TN 37831-6335 United States
AB: Data on global fossil-fuel emissions of CO2 to the atmosphere for year 2000 show that the range of national average per capita emissions, in metric tons of carbon per person, includes values of 5.40 for the United States, 2.61 for Germany, 0.29 for India and 0.04 for Liberia. This range is more than two orders of magnitude. Similar data on national fossil-fuel emissions for the United States vary by more than an order of magnitude, from 34.18 metric tons of carbon per person for Wyoming to 2.70 for California. The state data also show differing patterns of change over time. The Kyoto Protocol would require ratifying developed countries to reduce greenhouse gas emissions to quantified negotiated targets. The concept of contraction and convergence (C\&C) has been widely touted as a possible basis for ultimate, more strict limits on greenhouse gas emissions. The idea of C\&C is that per-capita emissions of CO2 for all countries would converge toward some common value that is consistent with stabilization of global climate. The U.S., on the other hand, has proposed intensity-based emissions targets whereby goals would be defined in terms of emissions per unit of gross domestic product, or perhaps emissions per unit of output for specific activities. This paper describes the data set on U.S. CO2 emissions by state, and begins to explore the patterns between states and over time.
DE: 1600 GLOBAL CHANGE (New category)
DE: 9350 North America
SC: Biogeosciences [B]
MN: 2003 Fall Meeting