Compensation for the appropriation of atmospheric fair shares of the world's lowest emitters was estimated at 192 trillion U.S. dollars between 2020 and 2050, in a net-zero by 2050 scenario. The United States had the largest climate debt worldwide, owing about 80 trillion U.S. dollars due to its carbon budget overshooting. Ranking second was the European Union and the United Kingdom combined, with reparations amounting to 46 trillion U.S. dollars based on historical emissions from 1960 to 2019. Meanwhile, India – with a share of carbon budget undershoot of roughly 30 percent – was owed an estimated 57 trillion U.S. dollars by the world's top carbon overshooting countries.
Cumulative compensation due from carbon overshooting country groups to undershooting country groups from 2020 to 2050
(in trillion U.S. dollars)
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Nature. (June 5, 2023). Cumulative compensation due from carbon overshooting country groups to undershooting country groups from 2020 to 2050 (in trillion U.S. dollars) [Graph]. In Statista. Retrieved January 02, 2025, from https://www.statista.com/statistics/1399450/cumulative-compensation-for-atmospheric-appropriation-by-region/
Nature. "Cumulative compensation due from carbon overshooting country groups to undershooting country groups from 2020 to 2050 (in trillion U.S. dollars)." Chart. June 5, 2023. Statista. Accessed January 02, 2025. https://www.statista.com/statistics/1399450/cumulative-compensation-for-atmospheric-appropriation-by-region/
Nature. (2023). Cumulative compensation due from carbon overshooting country groups to undershooting country groups from 2020 to 2050 (in trillion U.S. dollars). Statista. Statista Inc.. Accessed: January 02, 2025. https://www.statista.com/statistics/1399450/cumulative-compensation-for-atmospheric-appropriation-by-region/
Nature. "Cumulative Compensation Due from Carbon Overshooting Country Groups to Undershooting Country Groups from 2020 to 2050 (in Trillion U.S. Dollars)." Statista, Statista Inc., 5 Jun 2023, https://www.statista.com/statistics/1399450/cumulative-compensation-for-atmospheric-appropriation-by-region/
Nature, Cumulative compensation due from carbon overshooting country groups to undershooting country groups from 2020 to 2050 (in trillion U.S. dollars) Statista, https://www.statista.com/statistics/1399450/cumulative-compensation-for-atmospheric-appropriation-by-region/ (last visited January 02, 2025)
Cumulative compensation due from carbon overshooting country groups to undershooting country groups from 2020 to 2050 (in trillion U.S. dollars) [Graph], Nature, June 5, 2023. [Online]. Available: https://www.statista.com/statistics/1399450/cumulative-compensation-for-atmospheric-appropriation-by-region/
