An interesting chart (hat tip to Dan Neuman on Mastodon) from Our World In Data
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Observe how there is a broad negative correlation, which is what you'd expect. But there are some outliers. The dot at ~70% renewables and ~15 tonnes per capita is Canada. Its high level of emissions is due to oil and gas production (just extracting oil and gas produces a heap of emissions, even before they are burnt); to transport; and to heating buildings. So even though it generates ~70% of its electricity from renewables (hydro) it still has high emissions per capita.
The aim of every country should be to migrate towards the bottom right-hand corner, where all its electricity comes from renewables, and its emissions are close to zero. Because emissions for transport are a third dimension, accounting for some of the variation to either side of the implied regression line, replacing cars and lorries with EVs is also necessary.
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