What is Greenhouse gas emissions?
[[File:20210626 Variwide chart of greenhouse gas emissions per capita by country.svg|thumb|upright=1.5 |The height of the rectangles shows greenhouse emissions per person for the highest emitting countries. The areas of the rectangles show total emissions for each country.<ref name=GHGemissionsByCountry>● Emissions data source: {{cite web |title=Territorial (MtCO₂) / 1) Emissions / Carbon emissions / Chart View |url=https://globalcarbonatlas.org/emissions/carbon-emissions/ |date=2024 |publisher=Global Carbon Atlas |url-status=live}} ([https://web.archive.org/web/20250113130608/https://ourworldindata.org/grapher/annual-co2-emissions-per-country archive on Our World in Data])<br>● Country population data source: {{cite web |title=Population, total / All Countries and Economies / Most Recent Value (Thousands) |url=https://data.worldbank.org/indicator/SP.POP.TOTL?end=2023&most_recent_value_desc=true&start=1960&view=chart |publisher=World Bank |date=2024 |archive-url=https://archive.today/20250122171803/https://data.worldbank.org/indicator/SP.POP.TOTL?end=2023&most_recent_value_desc=true&start=1960&view=chart |archive-date=22 January 2025 |url-status=live}}</ref>]] '''Greenhouse gas emissions''' from human actions help the [[greenhouse effect]] grow, causing [[climate change]]. Most is [[carbon dioxide]] from burning [[fossil fuel]]s: [[coal]], [[petroleum|oil]], and [[natural gas]]. The largest makers of this include coal in [[China]] and large oil and gas companies. Human-caused emissions have increased [[Earth's atmosphere|atmospheric]] [[carbon dioxide]] by about 50%. ==References== {{reflist}} ==Related pages== *[[Carbon neutrality]] {{sci-stub}} [[Category:Climate change]]