Chapter 5 analyzes the anthropogenic greenhouse gas (GHG) emission trends until the present and the main drivers that explain those trends. The chapter uses different perspectives to analyze past GHG-emissions trends, including aggregate emissions flows and per capita emissions, cumulative emissions, sectoral emissions, and territory-based vs. consumption-based emissions. In all cases, global and regional trends are analyzed. Where appropriate, the emission trends are contextualized with long-term historic developments in GHG emissions extending back to 1750.
Revised: July 28, 2015 |
Published: December 1, 2014
Citation
Blanco A.S., R. Gerlagh, S. Suh, J.A. Barrett, H. de Coninck, C. Diaz Morejon, and R. Mathur, et al. 2014.Drivers, Trends and Mitigation. In Climate Change 2014: Mitigation of Climate Change. Contribution of Working Group III to the Fifth Assessment Report of the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change, edited by O Edenhofer, et al. 351-411. Cambridge:Cambridge University Press.PNNL-SA-102563.