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Fig. 2.6
Household emissions before and after the 2011 Disaster. (Source: Japan GHG Inven-
tory Office; https://www.env.go.jp/policy/hakusyo/h25/html/hj13020201.html. Accessed 26 June
2014)
Table 2.5
CO
2
emissions by
country ranking trends—2012
(million tons). (Data from
Netherlands Environment
Assessment Agency)
1.
China 9860
2.
United States 5190
3.
India 1970
4.
Russian Federation 1770
5.
Japan 1320
6.
Germany 810
7.
Korea Rep. 640
8.
Canada 560
9.
United Kingdom 490
10.
Mexico 490
11.
Indonesia 490
12.
Saudi Arabia 460
13.
Brazil 460
14.
Australia 430
15.
Iran Islamic Rep. 410
16.
Italy 390
power generation at the moment. Furthermore, we have not resolved the treatment
methods to dispose of highly radioactive either technologically or socially.
The growth in emissions from other countries however means that Japan re-
mains in fifth position in the amount of CO
2
emitted (Table
2.5
). These global emis-
sions continue to increase the CO
2
concentration in the atmosphere, which passed
400 ppm in 2013—a level not reached for almost 1 million years.
