This map shows the world according to carbon emissions as of the year 2000. I would be really interested to see how the map stands now because since 2000 the U.S. has done a fair amount to cut carbon emissions while some of the eastern powers like China have continued rapid industrial growth. This issue is extremely important and relevant because of the world summits on the issue. The U.S. has continued to volunteer to cut our carbon emissions but China has been reluctant to bring all of their facilities up to current environmental standards. This is one of the problems that is causing a lot of tensions between China and the U.S. The States aren't really in any position to do anything about it, however, as China is the #1 owner of U.S. debt. We continue to make strides ourselves, in spite of that, in terms of being more environmentally friendly and that is something we can hang our hats on at the end of the day. I would imagine that if the map were redone with recent statics the map would still be dominated by Ease Asia and the United States but they would switch places from #1 and #2.
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