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Is there a Link between Development, Population and Greenhouse Gas Emissions?

The larger the country area compared with usual, the higher the level of development & population

The larger the country area compared with usual, the more greenhouse gas emissions

High development and emissions

low development and emissions

low development and high emissions

high development and low emissions

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JapanChinaNigeriaUKBangladeshIndonesiaIndiaSouth KoreaEgypt

Paraguay

Papua New Guinea

USA

Kenya

Germany

Iran

Mali

Madagascar

What patterns do you see between the level of development and emissions?

Suggest reasons for these patterns

1/ Describe the pattern of greenhouse gas emissions over the last 2000 years

2/ Suggest reasons for the pattern after 1800

Explain how population size and emissions are linked

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