Per Capita Methane Emissions

• This resource is an interactive map, graph, and table that show the annual per capita methane emissions for countries throughout the world, starting from 1990.
• The methane emissions are measured in tonnes of carbon dioxide equivalents, which takes into account the global warming potential of the gas.

Positives

• The interactive provides three different ways for students to explore the data (chart, map, table).
• Students can customize the interactive to view different countries, continents, and years.

Additional Prerequisites

• Learners need to be familiar with the concept of gas emission and the economic concept of per capita.

Differentiation

• This resource can be used as a practical application of the uses of line graphs learned in Mathematics.
• Students can research the main sources of methane emissions, how methane compares to other greenhouse gases, and possible solutions to minimize future emissions.
• Students can identify high-emitting and low-emitting countries and explore characteristics of these countries that could help account for their level of emissions.

This resource outlines per capita CH₄ emissions aggregated from selected countries. Ideally, Global warming potentials for CH₄ was calculated within a period of 100 years was taken into account to get the sum of CO₂ equivalent expressed in tonnes. This resource is recommended for teaching.