FACTBOX - Many Nations Far From Meeting Kyoto Goals
Date: 16-Feb-05
Country: UK
Under Kyoto, developed countries are meant to cut emissions of carbon dioxide, largely from burning fossil fuels in power plants, factories and cars, by an average 5.2 percent below 1990 levels by 2008-12.
The United States, the world's top polluter, and Australia have pulled out. Following is a list of countries that originally agreed to Kyoto targets, starting with those furthest above the 1990 baseline.
Emissions of greenhouse gases:
| Pct Change 2002 vs 1990 | Total 2002 Emissions /mln tonnes | Tonnes per Capita 2000 | Pct of World Total 2000 | |
| Spain | +40.5 | 399.7 | 7.0 | 1.2 |
| Portugal | +40.5 | 82.0 | 5.9 | 0.2 |
| Monaco | +31.7 | 0.1 | N/A | 0.0 |
| Ireland | +28.9 | 68.9 | 11.1 | 0.2 |
| Greece | +26.0 | 135.0 | 8.5 | 0.4 |
| Australia | +22.2 | 526.0 | 18.0 | 1.4 |
| New Zealand | +21.6 | 75.0 | 8.3 | 0.1 |
| Canada | +20.1 | 731.2 | 14.2 | 1.8 |
| United States | +13.1 | 6,934.6 | 19.8 | 23.1 |
| Japan | +12.1 | 1,330.8 | 9.3 | 4.9 |
| Austria | +8.8 | 84.6 | 7.6 | 0.3 |
| Italy | +8.8 | 553.8 | 7.4 | 1.8 |
| Finland | +6.8 | 82.0 | 10.3 | 0.2 |
| Norway | +6.1 | 55.3 | 11.1 | 0.2 |
| Belgium | +2.9 | 150.3 | 10.0 | 0.4 |
| Netherlands | +1.1 | 213.8 | 8.7 | 0.6 |
| Liechtenstein | +0.1 | N/A | N/A | 0.0 |
| Denmark | -0.4 | 68.5 | 8.4 | 0.2 |
| Slovenia | -1.1 | 20.4 | 7.3 | 0.1 |
| Switzerland | -1.7 | 52.3 | 5.4 | 0.2 |
| France | -1.9 | 553.4 | 6.2 | 1.5 |
| European Union | -2.5 | 4,123.6 | N/A | N/A |
| Sweden | -3.5 | 69.6 | 5.3 | 0.2 |
| Iceland | -4.2 | 3.2 | 7.7 | 0.0 |
| Croatia | -11.5 | 28.0 | 4.4 | 0.1 |
| Britain | -14.5 | 634.9 | 9.6 | 2.3 |
| Germany | -18.5 | 1,014.6 | 9.6 | 3.2 |
| Luxembourg | -19.8 | 10.8 | 19.4 | 0.0 |
| Czech Republic | -24.9 | 142.9 | 11.6 | 0.5 |
| Slovakia | -28.4 | 51.9 | 6.6 | 0.1 |
| Hungary | -31.0 | 78.0 | 5.4 | 0.2 |
| Poland | -32.2 | 382.8 | 7.8 | 1.2 |
| Russia | -38.5 | 1,876.0 | 9.9 | 5.9 |
| Belarus | -44.4 | 70.4 | 5.9 | 0.4 |
| Ukraine | -47.4 | 483.5 | 6.9 | 1.4 |
| Romania | -48.0 | 136.6 | 3.8 | 0.4 |
| Estonia | -55.2 | 19.5 | 11.7 | 0.1 |
| Bulgaria | -56.0 | 62.4 | 5.2 | 0.2 |
| Latvia | -62.8 | 10.8 | 2.5 | 0.0 |
| Lithuania | -65.7 | 17.2 | 3.4 | 0.0 |
(Sources: UN Framework Convention on Climate Change, based in Bonn, for data on 1990-2002 in first two columns; carbon
