US emissions with a 17% reduction from 2005 levels by 2020. Add three zeros onto the end of the numbers at left… When I first saw this next one I really wish I had created this first: The folks over at Sandbag have launched a really handy carbon emissions target converter that let’s you compare various nations’ commitments against one another. Ignoring the fact that in the image that caption should probably be ‘thousand tonnes of CO2 equivalent — national figures for top emitters are in the billions of to… Read the full story on TreeHugger

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Confused by Nations’ Emission Reduction Pledges? Sandbag Copenhagen Target Converter Sorts It Out