Sources

Data on CO2 Emissions from Fossil Fuels (without bunkers) and cement production, etc. are from EDGAR (European Commission). Direct link to report (PDF or Excel) with Per Capita Fossil CO2 Emissions ‘here‘.

Data om Biodiversity Loss is from: ‘Natural History Museum‘ (“Biodiversity Intactness Index (BII) under projected scenario Middle of the road development (SSP2)”). Betaversion 2022.

Information on national GDP(ppp-$) per capita is from Worldbank: http://data.worldbank.org/indicator/NY.GDP.PCAP.PP.CD

Data on Population is from Worldbank: http://data.worldbank.org/indicator/SP.POP.TOTL

National Nuclear Power generation is from: http://world-nuclear.org/info/reactors.html (see “Note” below).

Data on CO2 Content in the atmosphere (ppm) is from NOAA Earth System Research Laboratory: https://www.esrl.noaa.gov/gmd/ccgg/trends/data.html (Mauna Loa CO2 annual mean data).

Data on global Land/Ocean Air Temperature is from NOAA: http://www.ncdc.noaa.gov/cag/time-series/global

Climate Funds Update – an independent website that provides information on international climate finance initiatives (joint initiative of the Heinrich Böll Stiftung and the Overseas Development Institute): http://www.climatefundsupdate.org (Data dashboard/ Full dataset/ Download/ Enter Excel/ Pledges/ Deposited (Multilateral by country, US$ million current).

Other links:

National “Ecological Footprint” is from Global Footprint Network (Public Data Package – Free Download for licensing): http://www.footprintnetwork.org/en/index.php/GFN/page/licenses1/ (Open Data Platform is avaible here: http://data.footprintnetwork.org/#/countryTrends?type=BCtot,EFCtot&cn=all). Earlier rankings are from WWF – Living Planet Reports: http://wwf.panda.org/about_our_earth/all_publications/living_planet_report/

Between Januar 2016 and August 2017, CO2 Emissions-data in the articles (posts) and calculations are from Global Carbon Project (CDIAC): http://cdiac.ornl.gov/GCP/ (data on population is from Worldbank. In articles (posts) published prior to January 2016 CO2 Emissions-data are from the EIA, U.S. Energy Information Administration:http://www.eia.gov/cfapps/ipdbproject/iedindex3.cfm?tid=90&pid=45&aid=8&cid=regions&syid=1990&eyid=2009&unit=MMTCD

Data on national Forest Cover and Primary Forests are from United Nations UN (Report: Global Forest Resources Assessments (Desk Reference)): http://www.fao.org/forest-resources-assessment/en/

Data on global Sea Level is from: Aviso Satellite Altimetry Data (CNES): https://www.aviso.altimetry.fr/en/data/products/ocean-indicators-products/mean-sea-level.html

Data on Population in articles published prior to January 2016 is from EIA, U.S. Energy Information Administration: http://www.eia.gov/cfapps/ipdbproject/IEDIndex3.cfm?tid=93&pid=44&aid=33 (preliminary data is from US Bureau of the Census: http://www.photius.com/rankings/population/population_2012_0.html)

National Environmental Performance Index (EPI) is from Yale and Columbia University.

Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPPC). Fifth Assessment Report (AR5): http://www.ipcc.ch/

Democratic Index is from: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Democracy_Index (with reference to ‘Economist Intelligence Unit’: https://www.eiu.com/public/topical_report.aspx?campaignid=DemocracyIndex2011; or as pdf 2012).

Data on energy production and consumption are from the EIA, U.S. Energy Information Administration: http://www.eia.gov/cfapps/ipdbproject/iedindex3.cfm?tid=90&pid=45&aid=8&cid=regions&syid=1990&eyid=2009&unit=MMTCD

Data on income equality is from Wikipedia: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_countries_by_income_equality (from UN, Human Development Report: http://hdr.undp.org/en/media/HDR_2009_EN_Complete.pdf)

Data on Life expectancy at birth is from Central Intelligence Agency (The World Factbook): https://www.cia.gov/library/publications/the-world-factbook/fields/2102.html#da

Data on ratification of the Kyoto Protocol is from the United Nations (UN): http://unfccc.int/kyoto_protocol/status_of_ratification/items/2613.php

Calculate carbon emissions for a flight: http://www.travelnav.com/flight-emissions/

Globale Greenhouse Warming (informative website): http://www.global-greenhouse-warming.com/

United States Environmantal Protection Agency (APA): http://www.epa.gov/climatechange/ghgemissions/