Global greenhouse gas emissions from the transportation sector increased by roughly 80 percent between 1990 and 2019, to a record high of 8.5 billion metric tons of carbon dioxide equivalent (GtCO₂e). Although transportation emissions plummeted some 15 percent the following year due to COVID-19-related restrictions, they rebounded in 2021 to 7.84 GtCO₂e. Transportation is one of the main sources of greenhouse gas emissions.
Greenhouse gas emissions from the transportation sector worldwide from 1990 to 2021
(in billion metric tons of carbon dioxide equivalent)
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ClimateWatch. (November 5, 2024). Greenhouse gas emissions from the transportation sector worldwide from 1990 to 2021 (in billion metric tons of carbon dioxide equivalent) [Graph]. In Statista. Retrieved November 13, 2024, from https://www-statista-com.ezproxy.canberra.edu.au/statistics/1084096/ghg-emissions-transportation-sector-globally/
ClimateWatch. "Greenhouse gas emissions from the transportation sector worldwide from 1990 to 2021 (in billion metric tons of carbon dioxide equivalent)." Chart. November 5, 2024. Statista. Accessed November 13, 2024. https://www-statista-com.ezproxy.canberra.edu.au/statistics/1084096/ghg-emissions-transportation-sector-globally/
ClimateWatch. (2024). Greenhouse gas emissions from the transportation sector worldwide from 1990 to 2021 (in billion metric tons of carbon dioxide equivalent). Statista. Statista Inc.. Accessed: November 13, 2024. https://www-statista-com.ezproxy.canberra.edu.au/statistics/1084096/ghg-emissions-transportation-sector-globally/
ClimateWatch. "Greenhouse Gas Emissions from The Transportation Sector Worldwide from 1990 to 2021 (in Billion Metric Tons of Carbon Dioxide Equivalent)." Statista, Statista Inc., 5 Nov 2024, https://www-statista-com.ezproxy.canberra.edu.au/statistics/1084096/ghg-emissions-transportation-sector-globally/
ClimateWatch, Greenhouse gas emissions from the transportation sector worldwide from 1990 to 2021 (in billion metric tons of carbon dioxide equivalent) Statista, https://www-statista-com.ezproxy.canberra.edu.au/statistics/1084096/ghg-emissions-transportation-sector-globally/ (last visited November 13, 2024)
Greenhouse gas emissions from the transportation sector worldwide from 1990 to 2021 (in billion metric tons of carbon dioxide equivalent) [Graph], ClimateWatch, November 5, 2024. [Online]. Available: https://www-statista-com.ezproxy.canberra.edu.au/statistics/1084096/ghg-emissions-transportation-sector-globally/
