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Figure 5 Greenhouse gas emissions, Canada, 1990 to 2005
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The line graph portrays an upward trend in Canada’s annual GHG emissions including a slowing of the growth curve between 2003 and 2005. The graph is expressed in megatonnes of carbon dioxide equivalent, for the period of 1990 to 2005. It compares the GHG emissions to Canada’s Kyoto Protocol target of 6% below 1990 levels by 2008 to 2012. The estimated 1990 level was 596 megatonnes. Canada’s 2005 GHG emissions are 747 megatonnes, which is 32.7% higher than the Kyoto Protocol target of 563 megatonnes and 25.3% above 1990 levels. Data for this graph were taken from Environment Canada’s National Inventory Report: Greenhouse Gas Sources and Sinks in Canada, 1990-2005.
