Global transportation-related emissions totaled 7.97 billion metric tons of carbon dioxide (GtCO₂) in 2022. This was an increase of some 4.7 percent in comparison to 2021 levels. Transportation-related CO₂ emissions worldwide have soared over the past 50 years, rising from just 2.8 GtCO₂ in 1970. Between 1990 and 2022, global transportation emissions increased by more than 70 percent.
Carbon dioxide emissions from the transportation sector worldwide from 1970 to 2022
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CO₂ emissions in billion metric tons
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EDGAR/JRC. (September 8, 2023). Carbon dioxide emissions from the transportation sector worldwide from 1970 to 2022 (in billion metric tons) [Graph]. In Statista. Retrieved August 24, 2024, from https://www.statista.com/statistics/1291615/carbon-dioxide-emissions-transport-sector-worldwide/
EDGAR/JRC. "Carbon dioxide emissions from the transportation sector worldwide from 1970 to 2022 (in billion metric tons)." Chart. September 8, 2023. Statista. Accessed August 24, 2024. https://www.statista.com/statistics/1291615/carbon-dioxide-emissions-transport-sector-worldwide/
EDGAR/JRC. (2023). Carbon dioxide emissions from the transportation sector worldwide from 1970 to 2022 (in billion metric tons). Statista. Statista Inc.. Accessed: August 24, 2024. https://www.statista.com/statistics/1291615/carbon-dioxide-emissions-transport-sector-worldwide/
EDGAR/JRC. "Carbon Dioxide Emissions from The Transportation Sector Worldwide from 1970 to 2022 (in Billion Metric Tons)." Statista, Statista Inc., 8 Sep 2023, https://www.statista.com/statistics/1291615/carbon-dioxide-emissions-transport-sector-worldwide/
EDGAR/JRC, Carbon dioxide emissions from the transportation sector worldwide from 1970 to 2022 (in billion metric tons) Statista, https://www.statista.com/statistics/1291615/carbon-dioxide-emissions-transport-sector-worldwide/ (last visited August 24, 2024)
Carbon dioxide emissions from the transportation sector worldwide from 1970 to 2022 (in billion metric tons) [Graph], EDGAR/JRC, September 8, 2023. [Online]. Available: https://www.statista.com/statistics/1291615/carbon-dioxide-emissions-transport-sector-worldwide/