🇸🇷 Suriname's Greenhouse Gas Emissions

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• Emissions: Suriname emitted around 5.63 megatonnes CO₂e in 2024, accounting for 0.01% of the global total.
• Per person: Emissions were around 8.9 tonnes per person per year in 2024, rated very high on a scale where any level above zero adds warming.
• Trend: Emissions fell by around 1.61% a year over the ten years to 2024, slower than the 4% yearly decline the world as a whole needs to achieve Net Zero in 2050 and limit warming to around 1.7 °C.
• What drives it: CO₂ accounts for around 80% of emissions, methane 16%, nitrous oxide 4% and F-gases 0%.
• Historic responsibility: Since 1851, Suriname's emissions have produced around 415 megatonnes CO₂e of warming impact, 0.01% of the global total, averaging around 9.8 tonnes per person per year on a population-weighted basis.
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