Global greenhouse emissions from the transportation sector totaled 7.29 billion metric tons of carbon dioxide equivalent (GtCO₂e) in 2020. Transportation GHG emissions increased by 79 percent between 1990 and 2019, but plummeted by 14 percent in 2020 due to restrictions imposed around the world after the outbreak of COVID-19. Transportation is one of the main
Greenhouse gas emissions from the transportation sector worldwide from 1990 to 2020 (in billion metric tons of carbon dioxide equivalent)
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ClimateWatch. (June 26, 2023). Greenhouse gas emissions from the transportation sector worldwide from 1990 to 2020 (in billion metric tons of carbon dioxide equivalent) [Graph]. In Statista. Retrieved May 11, 2024, from https://www.statista.com/statistics/1084096/ghg-emissions-transportation-sector-globally/
ClimateWatch. "Greenhouse gas emissions from the transportation sector worldwide from 1990 to 2020 (in billion metric tons of carbon dioxide equivalent)." Chart. June 26, 2023. Statista. Accessed May 11, 2024. https://www.statista.com/statistics/1084096/ghg-emissions-transportation-sector-globally/
ClimateWatch. (2023). Greenhouse gas emissions from the transportation sector worldwide from 1990 to 2020 (in billion metric tons of carbon dioxide equivalent). Statista. Statista Inc.. Accessed: May 11, 2024. https://www.statista.com/statistics/1084096/ghg-emissions-transportation-sector-globally/
ClimateWatch. "Greenhouse Gas Emissions from The Transportation Sector Worldwide from 1990 to 2020 (in Billion Metric Tons of Carbon Dioxide Equivalent)." Statista, Statista Inc., 26 Jun 2023, https://www.statista.com/statistics/1084096/ghg-emissions-transportation-sector-globally/
ClimateWatch, Greenhouse gas emissions from the transportation sector worldwide from 1990 to 2020 (in billion metric tons of carbon dioxide equivalent) Statista, https://www.statista.com/statistics/1084096/ghg-emissions-transportation-sector-globally/ (last visited May 11, 2024)
Greenhouse gas emissions from the transportation sector worldwide from 1990 to 2020 (in billion metric tons of carbon dioxide equivalent) [Graph], ClimateWatch, June 26, 2023. [Online]. Available: https://www.statista.com/statistics/1084096/ghg-emissions-transportation-sector-globally/