Who have been the Paris Agreement Heros and Zeros

The Paris Agreement was done in 2015, designed to reduce greenhouse gas emissions. The latest data is for 2024, so I thought it would be interesting to see which countries have had the largest decreases and increases.

Decreases (MT)

1. US -451
2. Japan -260
3. Germany -230
4. UK -141
5. Ukraine –120
6. Venezuela -96
7. France -84
8. Italy -62
9. Spain -58
10. Netherlands -56

So the largest decline on GG emissions has actually been the United States.

Increases (MT)

1. China +2,605
2. India +1,060
3. Indonesia +470
4. Russia +327
5. Iran +261
6. Vietnam +240
7. Iraq +137
8. Turkey +114
9. Pakistan +102
10. Saudi Arabia +86

NZ by the way is 8.3MT lower than in 2015. So our decline is around 1/300 of China’s increase.

How about by percentage

Largest declines

1. Estonia -45%
2. Equatorial Guinea -43%
3. Lebanon -42%
4. Ukraine -38%
5. Venezuela -36%
6. Netherlands -28%
7. UK -27%
8. Bulgaria -26%
9. Germany -25%
10. Czechia -25%

NZ is down 10%.

Largest increases

1. Mongolia +97%
2. Laos +94%
3. Guyana +91%
4. Viet Nam +70%
5. Chad +61%
6. Indonesia +55%
7. North Korea +54%
8. Iraq +50%
9. Mali +49%
10. Togo +49%