CO2 Emissions Embedded in Trade

Provided by: Our World in Data |Published on: July 20, 2021

Data, Graphs, and Maps

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Synopsis

This interactive resource lets students explore a map, chart, and data table of the CO2 emissions of various countries that are embedded in trade.
The data goes back to 1990 and all resources can be customized and downloaded.

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Subjects: Earth and Space Sciences, Economics, Mathematics

Authors: Hannah Ritchie, Max Roser

Region: Global

Languages: English

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Positives

This resource is easy to use and allows students to explore specific countries or continents.
The color coding makes the graphs easy to see and the graphs can be downloaded as images.

Additional Prerequisites

Students should be familiar with the terms import, export, and trade.
Students should know how to read a line graph and a world map.

Differentiation

Connections can be made with social studies, economics, or geography classes when discussing the availability of natural resources in different countries, the impacts of trade on resource exploitation rates and local populations, and other costs of global trade.
Economics or social studies classes can use this data to discuss the benefits and drawbacks of globalization, development, and population growth.
This does not take into account other greenhouse gasses, so it might be interesting for students to also look at total greenhouse gas emissions for various countries using this data explorer.

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