The role of population growth in global CO2 emissions
| Autor: | Françoise Bartiaux, Jean-Pascal van Ypersele de Strihou |
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| Rok vydání: | 1995 |
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| DOI: | 10.1016/s0166-1116(06)80264-5 |
| Popis: | The principle of “differentiated responsibilities” of North and South in protecting the climate system against global warming is recognized in the Rio Framework Convention on Climate Change. We focus here on the quantification of one aspect of this issue: population growth versus growth in CO 2 /capita emissions. We first mention several problems raised by the way the Ehrlich-Holdren equation (Environmental impact=Population times Per capita impact) is used in the context of greenhouse gas emissions. In particular, we remind the importance of using the lowest possible aggregation level with this equation. We then apply this equation to population and fossil fuel-related CO 2 -emission data for nine regions of the world over the 1950–1990 period. The results of a scenario analysis using these data show that the increase in developed countries CO 2 emission per capita had a significantly larger impact on world total emission increase than LDC's (Less Developed Countries) population growth during that period. It is also shown that population growth in developed countries had a larger effect than LDC's population growth. |
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