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In this section of our website, there are links (see immediately below) to key statistics on the climate and energy performance of countries, regions, for example, the EU, and units of sub-central governments, for example, US states. You can also find these articles in the National and regional statistics tag above. However, articles here will be list in date order of publication rather than by country, as below.

You can find an explanation of where the statistics came from below the following list of articles:

Africa

Egypt – climate and energy statistics

Kenya – climate and energy statistics

Nigeria – climate and energy statisticsSouth Africa – climate and energy statistics

Asia

China – climate and energy statistics

India – climate and energy statistics

Indonesia – climate and energy statistics

Iran – climate and energy statistics

Japan – climate and energy statistics

Philippines – Climate and Energy Statistics

Russia – climate and energy statistics

Saudi Arabia – climate and energy statistics

South Korea – climate and energy statistics

Thailand – climate and energy statistics

Turkey – climate and energy statistics

Europe

Austria – climate and energy statistics

Czech Republic – climate and energy statistics

Denmark – climate and energy statistics

EU – climate and energy statistics

Finland – climate and energy statistics

France – climate and energy statistics

Germany – climate and energy statistics

Greece – climate and energy statistics

Hungary – climate and energy statistics

Iceland – climate and energy statistics

Italy – climate and energy statistics

Norway – climate and energy statistics

Poland – climate and energy statistics

Portugal – climate and energy statistics

Republic of Ireland: climate and energy statistics

Russia – climate and energy statistics

Serbia – climate and energy statistics

Slovenia – climate and energy statistics

Spain – climate and energy statistics

Sweden – climate and energy statistics

Switzerland – climate and energy statistics

The Netherlands – climate and energy statistics

Turkey – climate and energy statistics

Ukraine – climate and energy statistics

UK – climate and energy statistics

North America

Canada – climate and energry statistics

Mexico – climate and energy statistics

United States – climate and energy statistics

Oceania

Australia – climate and energy statistics

New Zealand – climate and energy statistics

South America

Argentina – climate and energy statistics

Brazil – climate and energy statistics

Chile – climate and energy statistics

Each country and region page will list:

• Total national greenhouse gas emissions as a percentage of global total, 2004 figures

Taken from The Pew Center.

• Historical contribution – 1850 to 2000

Again from The Pew Center.

• Change in annual greenhouse gas emissions since 1990

For developed countries, these figures are from The UN Framework Convention on Climate Change.

For developing countries, other sources will be used and identified.

• 2005 per capita annual greenhouse gas emissions

Listed in List of countries by greenhouse gas emissions per capita in Wikipedia.

• Energy used per unit of GDP (compared to USA)

Taken from The QMV group.

• Balance of energy sources, 2006

Drawn from The International Energy Agency, this will list the percentage of the total energy used (for electricity, industry, heating/cooling and transport) that is from coal, oil, gas, nuclear power, renewables. Renewables will be divided into hydroelectricity and others, because large hydroelectricity has very serious social consequences, which other renewables do not.

Significant changes since 2006 will be mentioned, and the source identified.

• Energy security

For European countries, this will be taken from The European Environment Agency.

For other countries, other sources will be used and identified.

• Electricity – installed capacity 2006

Again from The International Energy Agency, this will list existing capacity for electricity generation, from the different fuel sources.

Significant changes since 2006 will be mentioned and the source identified.

• Electricity – supply and demand

This will note, from various identified sources, the existing supply of electricity compared to demand and also reliable predictions of whether the gap will increase or decrease in the future.

• Fuels used for heat, 2006

Again from the International Energy Agency, www.iea.org.

Significant changes since 2006 will be mentioned, and the source identified.

• Percentage of agriculture certified as organic

Figures from The Foundation Ecology & Agriculture SOEL and the Research Institute of Organic Agriculture FiBL 2006.

• Cars per thousand of population

Information from Wikipedia: List of countries by vehicle per capita.

• Photovoltaic installed capacity

Figures on solar photovoltaic installed capacity are taken from  REN21 – Renewable Energy Policy Network for the 21st Century.

• Wind

Figures on Wind for 2009 onwards are from Renewable Energy World.

We hope you find this information interesting, useful and, maybe, even a bit shocking!