Canadian environmental sustainability indicators : global greenhouse gas emissions. : En4-144/63-2026E-PDF

"The release of greenhouse gases (GHGs) and their increasing concentration in the atmosphere is causing climate change, one of the most important environmental issues of our time. This change has an impact on the environment, human health and the economy. The increase in GHG concentrations is primarily due to human activities, such as the use of fossil fuels. Greenhouse gases remain in the atmosphere for periods ranging from a few years to thousands of years. As such, they have a worldwide impact, no matter where they were first emitted. This indicator highlights GHG emissions caused by human activity around the world. Total global greenhouse gas emissions are the amount of emissions by an entire country or region, while per capita global greenhouse gas emissions are the amount of emissions an individual person emits in a particular country or region on average. …"--Page 5.

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