Share of Global Cumulative CO₂ Emissions

• This interactive resource allows students to explore the percentage of global CO₂ emissions emitted by various countries, with data beginning in 1750.
• Students can view the data as a world map, line graph, and data table.
  

Positives

• This allows students to visually see the cumulative emissions over time and see the change in emissions for various countries.
  

Additional Prerequisites

• Students should know how to read a map and a line graph and be familiar with percentages.
• The data and visuals are available to download.

Differentiation

• This resource could be incorporated into math classes when working with percentages.
• Social studies classes could use this data to discuss economic resources for global climate solutions that take into account historic emissions.
• Students can explore issues of justice related to emissions by identifying connections between the share of emissions and the income level of the country.
• Other resources that are directly related to this issue include: CO₂ Data Explorer and Annual CO₂ Emissions
  

The resource highlights cumulative CO₂ emissions data shared from different countries. Metrics were standardized to calculate the relative and actual changes in percentages. Thus, it is recommended for teaching.

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