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Annual CO2 Emissions from Coal

Provided by: Our World in Data |Published on: July 20, 2021

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Synopsis

This interactive chart, map, and table show data on global annual carbon dioxide emissions from coal.
In the table and chart view, users can see data for carbon dioxide emissions from coal all the way back to pre-Industrial Revolution times.

Subjects: Earth and Space Sciences, Geography, Mathematics

Authors: Hannah Ritchie, Max Roser, Our World in Data, , , ,

Region: Global

Languages: English

Positives

Users can download the data.
The data shows changes in coal use and carbon dioxide emissions over time in different countries, allowing for multiple comparisons.
Users can choose to view one country's carbon dioxide emissions due to coal at a time or global data all at once on the map.

Additional Prerequisites

Students should be able to read line graphs to understand the data.
Students should understand that coal use contributes to carbon dioxide emissions.
Teachers may want to go over the unit of measurement used in the graphs (millions and billions of tons of carbon dioxide.) Some students may need help conceptualizing such large units.

Differentiation

Students could analyze the change in the use of coal over time in different countries and discuss why some countries use more coal than others.
Geography and social studies teachers could ask students to look at the history of China and India's carbon emissions from coal and have them discuss why these countries currently use so much coal. Students can research how population size, economic growth, and industrialization may have influenced the amount of coal used in China and India. Then students can look at the history of the United Kingdom and the United States' carbon emissions from coal and research the same topics.

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