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2. Current And Projected Greenhouse Gas Emissions
• Global CO2 emissions from fossil fuel use and cement
production declined in 2009 due to the recession
• Global CO2 emissions from fossil fuel use and cement
production increased sharply afterwards in 2010 and
2011
• Global emissions from forestry and land use
decreased in 2010 by about 15%
• Since November 2011, no major economy has
significantly changed its emission reduction pledge
under the UNFCCC

3. • International rules on how emission reductions are
to be measured after the first commitment period of
the Kyoto Protocol have not yet been defined
• Accounting rules for emissions from developed
countries that are not participating in the second
commitment period of the Kyoto Protocol have not
been agreed upon.
• USA, Russia, Japan, Canada are unlikely to
participate in the second commitment period of the
Kyoto Protocol
• Total greenhouse gas emissions in 2010 are
estimated from bottom-up emission inventories to
be 50.1 GtCO2e

4. • CH4 and N2O emissions contributed 16% and 6%
respectively to total CO2- equivalent emissions in
2010

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