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Colección: INTERAMER
Número: 69
Año: 2000
Autor: Ramón López and Juan Carlos Jordán, Editors
Título: Sustainable Development in Latin America: Financing and Policies Working in Synergy
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TABLE 3 CARBON EMISSIONS IN LATIN AMERICAN AND THE WORLD CIRCA 1990-1995 (Billions of metric tons of CO2) |
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Source |
Latin America |
World | |
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Amount |
% of world emissions |
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Fossil fuels |
1,000,000,000
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4.5
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22,000,000,000 |
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Deforestation |
640,000,000
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25.6 |
2,500,000,000 |
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Other biomass burning |
800,000,000
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22.9
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3,500,000,000 |
| Total |
2,440,000,000 |
8.7 | 28,000,000,000 |