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CO2 Emissions Embedded in Trade
Provided by: Our World in Data |Published on: July 20, 2021
Graphs/Tables Grades 9-12, ap-college
Synopsis
- This interactive resource lets students explore a map, chart, and data table of the CO2 emissions of various countries that are embedded in trade.
- The data goes back to 1990 and all resources can be customized and downloaded.
Subjects: Earth and Space Sciences, Economics, Mathematics
Authors: Hannah Ritchie, Max Roser
Region: Global
Languages: English
Teaching Materials
Positives
- This resource is easy to use and allows students to explore specific countries or continents.
- The color coding makes the graphs easy to see and the graphs can be downloaded as images.
Additional Prerequisites
- Students should be familiar with the terms import, export, and trade.
- Students should know how to read a line graph and a world map.
Differentiation
- Connections can be made with social studies, economics, or geography classes when discussing the availability of natural resources in different countries, the impacts of trade on resource exploitation rates and local populations, and other costs of global trade.
- Economics or social studies classes can use this data to discuss the benefits and drawbacks of globalization, development, and population growth.
- This does not take into account other greenhouse gasses, so it might be interesting for students to also look at total greenhouse gas emissions for various countries using this data explorer.
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Resource Type and Format
All resources can be used for your educational purposes with proper attribution to the content provider.
