The research question is:
In what countries the most carbon dioxide (CO2) is produced by human activities?
What are the countries that consume the most of the products (goods) that cause CO2 emissions?
My audience is people who have healthy environmental concerns.
The data is obtained from Data on CO2 and Greenhouse Gas Emissions by Our World in Data
Carbon dioxide (CO2) is a primary greenhouse gas emitted by various human activities. Gases that trap heat in the atmosphere are called greenhouse gases. Too much of these greenhouse gases can cause climate change on Earth.
In this project, I look at the production-based (i.e. emissions from the burning of fossil fuels, or cement production within a country’s borders). It does not consider the emissions traded goods (consumption-based emissions). Also, I compare that with consumption-based emissions that are national or regional emissions that have been adjusted for trade (i.e. territorial/production emissions minus emissions embedded in exports, plus emissions embedded in imports). If a country’s consumption-based emissions are higher than its production emissions it is a net importer of carbon dioxide.
Production-based vs. consumption-based:
Since some countries’ land are larger, it’s reasonable to calculate the CO2 emissions per person in those countries.
Over the years, the order of countries for CO2 emissions per capita has changed as well.
Human activities cause CO2 emissions in the world. Co2 Emissions factors by human activities are oil, gas, and coal combustion, cement production, flaring (Gas flaring is the burning of natural gas associated with oil extraction.), and other industries ( primarily come from burning fossil fuels for energy, as well as greenhouse gas emissions from certain chemical reactions necessary to produce goods from raw materials).
Some known factors that cause Co2 emissions in Countries:
This is a very complicated topic that involves many factors. Therefore, it’s still being investigated by scientists. For further investigation, I should look at how the countries GDP affects CO2 emissions.
