Climate Debt of Brazil: $33 Billion ($155 Per Capita)

08 Feb


/ 2022 / The Per Capita Fossil CO2 Emission diagram above is from Calculation (Excel) and is explained in the menu “About”. Brazil ranks 27th of 172 countries on Climate Debt Total and is responsible for 0.52% of the Global Climate Debt (ranking in the main menu). Brazil ranks 77th on Climate Debt Per Capita (ranking in the main menu). Biodiversity Loss is 24.7%. The Climate Debt has been reduced 0.03% by Multilateral Climate Funds (deposited).

Key figures of Brazil:

Climate Damage Pricing $155   Per Capita
Climate Damage Pricing, Total $33,049,889,130   Total
Climate Funds (Damage paid for) $0.05   Per Capita
Climate Funds, Total (Damage paid for) $11,000,000   Total
Climate Debt, Total $33,038,889,130   Total
Price per tons CO₂ emitted since 2000 $3.31   Per Ton
Climate Debt reduced by Funds 0.033%
Climate Debt as share of GDP+ 1.1%
Biodiversity Loss 24.7%
Nuclear+ as share of CO₂ 1992-1999 0.15%
Nuclear+ as share of CO₂ since 2000 0.61%

Note: New National Indicator by January 2022 is Biodiversity Loss, which replaces Ecological Footprint, Environmental Performance and Forest Cover. At the same time, the overall level of Climate Debt has been reduced to about half.

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