World Regional CO 2 Emissions for 1900, 1950, and 2000 By Kerri Bessinger Purpose: Purpose: To show the world’s CO 2 emissions in order to see not only which regions of the world emit more CO 2, but to also show the increase of emissions in 100 years. To show the world’s CO 2 emissions in order to see not only which regions of the world emit more CO 2, but to also show the increase of emissions in 100 years.

Method Used: –Took all the countries and placed them into regions by creating a new column in arc view. –On the map adjacent boundaries of countries were dissolved in the same region so that it would only have boundaries between the different regions.

Emissions are in Million Metric Tons of Carbon Region Abbreviation for Region 1900 CO 2 Emissions 1950 CO 2 Emissions 2000 CO 2 Emissions AfricaAF Central America, South America, Caribbean Nations, and Greenland LA Centrally Planned Asia CPA Eastern Europe EE Far East FE GermanyGER Middle East ME05364 North America NA ,648 OceaniaOC Western Europe WE

Sources Sources – Marland, G., T.A. Boden, and R.J. Andres Global, Regional, and National CO2 Emissions. In Trends: A Compendium of Data on Global Change. Carbon Dioxide Information Analysis Center, Oak Ridge National Laboratory, U.S. Department of Energy, Oak Ridge, Tenn. –Web Site Address: