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CO2 Emissions by Fuel Type (Stacked Area Chart)
Provided by: Our World in Data |Published on: July 20, 2021
Graphs/Tables Grades 6-8, 9-12
Synopsis
- This interactive graph and chart provide students with the opportunity to explore CO2 emissions by fuel type beginning in 1750. Students can view global emissions or filter the results by country or continent.
- The resource shows emissions from oil, coal, flaring, gas, cement, and other sources.
Subjects: Earth and Space Sciences, Geography, Mathematics
Authors: Hannah Ritchie, Max Roser
Region: Global
Languages: English
Teaching Materials
Positives
- This resource provides a large amount of data that can be viewed in a number of ways and downloaded.
- The charts are easy to read and the data table can be sorted.
Additional Prerequisites
- Students should know how to read a data table and stacked area chart.
- Teachers might need to explain that flaring is burning off a byproduct of gas and oil when extracting oil.
Differentiation
- There could be many uses for this resource in a variety of courses, including cross-curricular connections for math, social studies, and economics.
- In a geography or social studies class, students could pick two or more countries from different regions and compare how their CO2 emissions by fuel type have changed over the years. After looking at the data, the class could discuss how different countries and regions have different relationships with certain types of fuel because of access to natural resources, economic conditions, and/or government policies.
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