Climate Debt of Germany: $175 Billion ($2108 Per Capita)

/ 2022 / The Per Capita Fossil CO2 Emission diagram above is from Calculation (Excel) and is explained in the main menu “About”. Germany ranks 8th of 172 countries on Climate Debt Total and is responsible for 2.7% of the Global Climate Debt (ranking in the main menu). Germany ranks 27th on Climate Debt Per Capita (ranking in the main menu). Biodiversity Loss is 32.4%. The Climate Debt has been reduced 2.1% by Multilateral Climate Funds (deposited).

Key figures of Germany:


Climate Damage Pricing $2,153.49   Per Capita
Climate Damage Pricing, Total $179,257,496,906   Total
Climate Funds (Damage paid for) $45.39   Per Capita
Climate Funds, Total (Damage paid for) $3,778,000,000   Total
Climate Debt, Total $175,479,496,906   Total
Price per tons CO₂ emitted since 2000 $10.33   Per Ton
Climate Debt reduced by Funds 2.1%
Climate Debt as share of GDP+ 4.7%
Biodiversity Loss 32.4%
Nuclear+ as share of CO₂ 1992-1999 3.2%
Nuclear+ as share of CO₂ since 2000 2.9%

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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