Key Greenhouse Gas Data from the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC)

In this publication, Key GHG Data, the United Nations Climate Change secretariat confirms that developed countries, taken as a group, have achieved sizable emission reductions. Compared to the 1990 levels, overall greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions of these countries were down 5.9% in 2003.

But the secretariat warns that further efforts are required to sustain these reductions and to cut the emissions further. In this publication, is the first UNFCCC publication covering all GHG data officially submitted by developed and developing countries under the Climate Change Convention. The publication includes data on greenhouse gas emissions from 40 developed and 121 developing countries, presented in a reader-friendly form.