A quantitative comparison and analysis on the assessment indicators of greenhouse gases emission

Auteur(s) et Affiliation(s)

ZHANG, Z.

Scientific Information Center for Resources and Environment, National Science Library, Lanzhou, Chine

QU, J.

Scientific Information Center for Resources and Environment, National Science Library, Lanzhou, Chine

MOE Key Lab. of Western Environmental Systems, Univ., Lanzhou, Chine

ZENG, J.

Scientific Information Center for Resources and Environment, National Science Library, Lanzhou, Chine

Description :
Based on the greenhouse gases (GHG) emission data from the World Resource Institute (WRI), the US Energy Information Administration (EIA), and the Carbon Dioxide Information Analysis Center (CDIAC), the results of each indicator are calculated for the world, for the eight G8 industrialized countries (USA, UK, Canada, Japan, Germany, France, Italy and Russia), and the five major developing countries including China, Brazil, India, South Africa and Mexico. The paper points out that all these indicators have some limitations. The Indicator of Industrialized Accumulative Emission per Capita (IAEC) is put forward as the equitable indicator to evaluate the industrialized historical accumulative emission per capita of every country. Emission indicator per capita per GDP, consumptive emission indicator and survival emission indicator are also put forward and discussed in the paper.

Type de document :
Article de périodique

Source :
Journal of geographical sciences. Acta geographica sinica, issn : 1009-637X, 2008, vol. 18, n°. 4, p. 387-399, nombre de pages : 13, Références bibliographiques : 16 ref.

Date :
2008

Editeur :
Pays édition : Chine

Langue :
Anglais