Comments on: Kyoto: Who’s On Target?

By: Betty

Betty — Sat, 17 Dec 2011 17:07:41 +0000

Good to see real epxerstie on display. Your contribution is most welcome.

By: Tota

Tota — Sat, 01 Jan 2011 20:31:30 +0000

Some countries did not have targets, and I believe that the U.S.A never ratified the protocol in the first place… if thats the problem with finding sources.

By: connor

connor — Fri, 10 Dec 2010 13:57:09 +0000

i can

not.

By: matthew smith

matthew smith — Tue, 23 Nov 2010 16:25:24 +0000

This is a very handy graph but could you explain how the UK has met its target? other detail have seen have said that the UK would not be able to fill its obligation to Kyoto.
I am currently reading about carbon trading and the EU ETS, do you think that the UK is meeting its quote due to offset trading with other countries?

By: Andrew

Andrew — Mon, 15 Nov 2010 16:34:10 +0000

What’s interesting about the figures from Scotland, is that they show just how unrealistic the Kyoto targets are.

Scotland’s target for renewable energy is 31% of electricity generation from renewables by 2011 and 50% by 2020. Also a reduction in greenhouse gas emissions of 50% by 2030 and 80% by 2050.

Scotland accounts for less than 0.17% of global CO2 output.

Scotland exports around 15% of electricity to England. Therefore electricity produced in Scotland, but consumed in England counts towards Scotland’s CO2 use/output, not England.

15% of Scotland’s CO2 output is attributed to electricity generation.

So even if ALL electricity generation in Scotland was from renewable sources, Scotland would still fall well short of the targets.

By: chris determan

chris determan — Thu, 07 Oct 2010 17:32:30 +0000

I like your presentation. I think we could “dumb it down” a bit by posting the yellow (targeted amount) against another color (red for example) as the actual amount. Then people could do the math and see the difference between the target and reality. Maybe use the third color (blue) as the offsets purchased to blank out some of the red. That way the country that produced too much but had enough offsets would have yellow surounded by blue. and the country on target would have just yellow. And so on. Also a scale would be nice.

By: Alison Jenner

Alison Jenner — Wed, 14 Jul 2010 20:37:47 +0000

Very interesting (love the site); and good to see England is doing well, even though Scotland performing less well. But – Wales is aiming to be a Fair Trade Nation; is committed to Sustainable Development and ESDGC is being/to be integrated into school curricula. Can you show Wales’ performance at all?

By: shane

shane — Sun, 18 Apr 2010 14:28:23 +0000

Canadas fail is caused by the oil sands out CO2 output will increase at a decreasing rate till 2020 then start dropping off, we are doing our part to reduce CO2 in the rest of the country though

By: Djurre Kroon

Djurre Kroon — Thu, 15 Apr 2010 10:45:06 +0000

My first impression is that this one looks attractive, but it takes too long to intuitively understand which in my eyes is a prerequisite for a successful visualisation

By: baboon

baboon — Tue, 08 Dec 2009 06:24:15 +0000

All countries that are “on target” are Easter European countries that de-industrialized after the fall of the Soviet Union and Warsaw Pact. Thats a measure of success, all right – go back to the caves and export your population for menial jobs in the West.