Data on CO2 Emissions from Fossil Fuels (without bunkers) and cement production, etc. are from EDGAR (European Commission). Data Downloads (Excel) with Per Capita Fossil CO2 Emissions ‘here‘ (download: “IEA-EDGAR fossil CO2 emissions”.)
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
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: https://www.ncei.noaa.gov/access/monitoring/climate-at-a-glance/global/time-series
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/ Contributors / Contribution by country/ Deposited (USD Million currrent).
Other links:
National Nuclear Power generation is from: http://world-nuclear.org/info/reactors.html (see “Note” below).
Data om Biodiversity Loss is from: ‘Natural History Museum‘ (“Biodiversity Intactness Index (BII) under projected scenario Middle of the road development (SSP2)”). Betaversion 2022.
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/