Electricity and heat production emitted 14.4 billion metric tons of carbon dioxide equivalent (GtCO₂e) worldwide in 2021, making it the largest source of global net anthropogenic greenhouse gas emissions. Road transportation followed with roughly six GtCO₂e. These two subsectors were responsible for more than one-third of global GHG emissions in 2021.
Greenhouse gas emissions worldwide in 2021, by subsector
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Emissions in billion metric tons of carbon dioxide equivalent
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Systems Change Lab. (November 14, 2023). Greenhouse gas emissions worldwide in 2021, by subsector (in billion metric tons of carbon dioxide equivalent) [Graph]. In Statista. Retrieved November 19, 2024, from https://www.statista.com/statistics/1341767/ghg-emissions-by-sub-sector-globally/
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Systems Change Lab. (2023). Greenhouse gas emissions worldwide in 2021, by subsector (in billion metric tons of carbon dioxide equivalent). Statista. Statista Inc.. Accessed: November 19, 2024. https://www.statista.com/statistics/1341767/ghg-emissions-by-sub-sector-globally/
Systems Change Lab. "Greenhouse Gas Emissions Worldwide in 2021, by Subsector (in Billion Metric Tons of Carbon Dioxide Equivalent)." Statista, Statista Inc., 14 Nov 2023, https://www.statista.com/statistics/1341767/ghg-emissions-by-sub-sector-globally/
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Greenhouse gas emissions worldwide in 2021, by subsector (in billion metric tons of carbon dioxide equivalent) [Graph], Systems Change Lab, November 14, 2023. [Online]. Available: https://www.statista.com/statistics/1341767/ghg-emissions-by-sub-sector-globally/
