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. 2009 Jul 6;106(29):11884–11888. doi: 10.1073/pnas.0905232106

Table 1.

Regional reference emissions, population, emission allocation, and number of people affected for 2030 under a global target at 30 GtCO2, with (P) and without the poverty provision

Region Emis.[1990],GtCO2 Emis.[2003],GtCO2 Pop.[2003],millions Emis.(BAU)[2030],GtCO2 Pop.(BAU)[2030],millions Emis.(30)[2030],GtCO2 Pop.under cap(30)[2030],millions Emis.(30P)[2030],GtCO2 Pop.under cap(30P)[2030],millions (30P)change w.r.t[1990],% (30P)change w.r.t[2003],% (30P)change w.r.t(BAU),%
U.S. 5.0 5.8 291 8.0 365 3.6 267 3.2 285 35 45 60
Canada 0.5 0.6 32 0.7 39 0.4 29 0.3 31 −27 −40 −53
Mexico 0.3 0.4 101 0.7 129 0.6 14 0.5 16 81 43 −21
OECD Europe 4.1 4.3 529 4.7 561 3.8 139 3.6 175 −11 −16 −23
Japan 1.0 1.2 128 1.3 123 1.1 43 1.0 57 1 −18 −22
South Korea 0.2 0.5 48 0.7 50 0.5 30 0.4 34 81 −9 −37
Australia and New Zealand 0.3 0.4 24 0.6 30 0.3 21 0.3 22 −11 −37 −55
OECD minus U.S. 6.4 7.4 861 8.7 931 6.6 276 6.2 336 3 16 28
Total OECD 11.4 13.3 1152 16.7 1296 10.2 543 9.5 620 −17 −29 −43
China 2.2 4.0 1296 11.4 1442 8.5 300 8.2 354 264 106 29
Russia 2.3 1.6 145 2.2 125 1.2 77 1.1 85 −54 −33 −51
Transition Economies 1.9 1.1 195 1.6 190 1.3 49 1.2 60 −34 12 −26
India 0.6 1.1 1065 2.2 1442 2.2 1 2.3 2 304 121 7
Other Non-OECD Asia 0.8 1.4 927 2.8 1308 2.2 47 2.5 52 213 85 −9
Middle East 0.7 1.2 175 2.3 282 1.4 56 1.4 64 97 13 −41
Africa 0.6 1.0 854 1.8 1438 1.4 23 2.2 27 244 128 24
Brazil 0.2 0.3 181 0.6 237 0.6 10 0.6 13 161 80 −4
Other South and Central America 0.5 0.6 257 1.2 349 1.0 22 1.0 27 126 59 −16
Non-OECD minus China 7.6 8.3 3798 14.8 5370 11.3 284 12.4 330 63 50 16
Total Non-OECD 9.8 12.2 5094 26.2 6812 19.8 583 20.5 684 109 68 −22
Total World 21.2 25.5 6245 42.9 8108 30.0 1126 30.0 1304 41 18 −30

Data from the 4 italicized lines are plotted in Figs. 4 and 5.