Global greenhouse emissions from the transportation sector totaled 7.29 billion metric tons of carbon dioxide equivalent (GtCO₂e) in 2020. Transportation GHG emissions increased by 79 percent between 1990 and 2019, but plummeted by 14 percent in 2020 due to restrictions imposed around the world after the outbreak of COVID-19. Transportation is one of the main sources of greenhouse gas emissions.
Greenhouse gas emissions from the transportation sector worldwide from 1990 to 2020
(in billion metric tons of carbon dioxide equivalent)
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ClimateWatch. (June 26, 2023). Greenhouse gas emissions from the transportation sector worldwide from 1990 to 2020 (in billion metric tons of carbon dioxide equivalent) [Graph]. In Statista. Retrieved November 05, 2024, from https://www.statista.com/statistics/1084096/ghg-emissions-transportation-sector-globally/
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ClimateWatch. (2023). Greenhouse gas emissions from the transportation sector worldwide from 1990 to 2020 (in billion metric tons of carbon dioxide equivalent). Statista. Statista Inc.. Accessed: November 05, 2024. https://www.statista.com/statistics/1084096/ghg-emissions-transportation-sector-globally/
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Greenhouse gas emissions from the transportation sector worldwide from 1990 to 2020 (in billion metric tons of carbon dioxide equivalent) [Graph], ClimateWatch, June 26, 2023. [Online]. Available: https://www.statista.com/statistics/1084096/ghg-emissions-transportation-sector-globally/
