The first step for developing countries to access financing under the Readiness Mechanism of the World Bank Forest Carbon Partn

This WRI working paper provides a comprehensive analysis of global anthropogenic greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions for the year 2005, comparing them to data from 2000. It details the distribution of emissions by gas type and economic sector, highlighting the growth of emissions in developing countries and the impact of revised methodologies on land-use change estimates.

• In 2005, total global anthropogenic greenhouse gas emissions were estimated at 44,153 million metric tons of CO2 equivalent. Between 2000 and 2005, total global emissions grew by 12.7%, which represents an average annual increase of 2.4%.
• The share of GHGs attributed to land-use change decreased from 18.2% in the original 2000-based chart to 12.2% in the 2005 chart. This decrease is not due to a reduction in deforestation rates, but rather to revised methodologies in the Forest Resources Assessment (FRA) data; revised data actually indicates that CO2 emissions from land use change grew by 4.1% between 2000 and 2005.
• Emissions growth between 2000 and 2005 was most significant in the power and transport sectors, as well as in the iron & steel (37% growth) and cement (39% growth) industry sub-sectors. Developing countries are now the primary source of emissions for industry and electricity & heat, while developed countries still account for the majority of emissions in building use and transport.
• Emissions of high global warming potential (GWP) gases grew by 44% on a CO2-equivalent basis between 2000 and 2005. This growth was driven by semiconductor manufacturing, increasing electricity use (specifically SF6 from transmission equipment), and the production of ODS substitutes, the latter of which is more prevalent in developed countries due to the Montreal Protocol.

APA

World Resources Institute (n.d.). The first step for developing countries to access financing under the Readiness Mechanism of the World Bank Forest Carbon Partn. https://wriorg.s3.amazonaws.com/s3fs-public/resources/world_greenhouse_gas_emissions_2005.pdf

Chicago

World Resources Institute. The first step for developing countries to access financing under the Readiness Mechanism of the World Bank Forest Carbon Partn. n.d. https://wriorg.s3.amazonaws.com/s3fs-public/resources/world_greenhouse_gas_emissions_2005.pdf.

Wikipedia

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BibTeX

@techreport{worldresourcesinstitutendfirst, author = {{World Resources Institute}}, title = {{The first step for developing countries to access financing under the Readiness Mechanism of the World Bank Forest Carbon Partn}}, institution = {World Resources Institute}, url = {https://wriorg.s3.amazonaws.com/s3fs-public/resources/world_greenhouse_gas_emissions_2005.pdf}, urldate = {2026-08-17}, note = {Indexed by Climate Insights Directory} }