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  • Absolute annual change in primary energy consumption
  • Access to electricity vs. GDP per capita
  • Annual CO2 emissions from land-use change per capita
  • Annual CO₂ emissions
  • Annual CO₂ emissions by world region
  • Annual CO₂ emissions from cement
  • Annual CO₂ emissions from coal
  • Annual CO₂ emissions from flaring
  • Annual CO₂ emissions from gas
  • Annual CO₂ emissions from land-use change
  • Annual CO₂ emissions from oil
  • Annual CO₂ emissions including land-use change
  • Annual change in GDP and CO₂ emissions
  • Annual change in coal energy consumption
  • Annual change in fossil fuel consumption
  • Annual change in gas consumption
  • Annual change in hydropower generation
  • Annual change in low-carbon energy generation
  • Annual change in nuclear energy generation
  • Annual change in oil consumption
  • Annual change in primary energy consumption
  • Annual change in renewable energy generation
  • Annual change in solar energy generation
  • Annual change in wind energy generation
  • Annual greenhouse gas emissions by world region
  • Annual patents filed for carbon capture and storage technologies
  • Annual patents filed for electric vehicle technologies
  • Annual patents filed for energy storage technologies
  • Annual patents filed for renewable energy technologies
  • Annual patents filed in sustainable energy
  • Annual percentage change in CO₂ emissions
  • Annual percentage change in coal energy consumption
  • Annual percentage change in fossil fuel consumption
  • Annual percentage change in gas consumption
  • Annual percentage change in hydropower generation
  • Annual percentage change in low-carbon energy generation
  • Annual percentage change in nuclear energy generation
  • Annual percentage change in oil consumption
  • Annual percentage change in renewable energy generation
  • Annual percentage change in solar energy generation
  • Annual percentage change in wind energy generation
  • Annual share of global CO₂ emissions
  • Are consumption-based CO₂ per capita emissions above or below the global average?
  • Are per capita CO₂ emissions above or below the global average?
  • Average temperature anomaly
  • By world region: Number of people without clean fuels for cooking
  • CO2 emissions by fuel or industry
  • CO₂ emissions by fuel or industry type
  • CO₂ emissions by sector
  • CO₂ emissions embedded in global trade
  • CO₂ emissions embedded in trade
  • CO₂ emissions from aviation
  • CO₂ emissions per capita
  • CO₂ emissions per capita vs. GDP per capita
  • CO₂ emissions per capita vs. population growth
  • CO₂ emissions per capita vs. share in extreme poverty
  • CO₂ emissions per capita vs. share of electricity from renewables
  • CO₂ reductions needed to keep global temperature rise below 1.5°C
  • CO₂ reductions needed to keep global temperature rise below 2°C
  • Carbon dioxide emissions by income level
  • Carbon emission intensity vs. GDP per capita
  • Carbon intensity of electricity
  • Carbon intensity of energy production
  • Carbon intensity vs. GDP per capita
  • Carbon intensity: CO₂ emissions per dollar of GDP
  • Change in CO₂ emissions and GDP
  • Change in per capita CO₂ emissions and GDPAdjusted for consumption
  • Change in per capita CO₂ emissions and GDPProduction-based
  • Changes in energy use vs. changes in GDP
  • Changes in energy use vs. changes in GDP per capita
  • Coal production per capita
  • Consumption-based (trade-adjusted) energy use per person
  • Consumption-based CO₂ emissions
  • Consumption-based CO₂ emissions per capita vs. GDP per capita
  • Consumption-based CO₂ emissions vs. population share
  • Consumption-based carbon intensity
  • Consumption-based energy intensity per dollar
  • Consumption-based vs. production-based CO₂ emissions per capita
  • Contribution to global mean surface temperature rise
  • Contribution to global mean surface temperature rise by gas
  • Cumulative CO₂ emissions
  • Cumulative CO₂ emissions by source
  • Cumulative CO₂ emissions by world region
  • Cumulative CO₂ emissions from cement
  • Cumulative CO₂ emissions from coal
  • Cumulative CO₂ emissions from flaring
  • Cumulative CO₂ emissions from gas
  • Cumulative CO₂ emissions from land-use change
  • Cumulative CO₂ emissions from oil
  • Cumulative CO₂ emissions from other industry
  • Cumulative CO₂ emissions including land-use change
  • Death rates per unit of electricity production
  • Direct primary energy consumption from fossil fuels, nuclear and renewables
  • Electricity access
  • Electricity consumption from fossil fuels, nuclear and renewables
  • Electricity demand
  • Electricity generation
  • Electricity generation from coal
  • Electricity generation from fossil fuels
  • Electricity generation from gas
  • Electricity generation from low-carbon sources
  • Electricity generation from oil
  • Electricity production by sourceLine chart
  • Electricity production by sourceAbsolute area chart
  • Electricity production from fossil fuels, nuclear and renewables
  • Emissions-weighted carbon price in emissions trading systems
  • Energy consumption by source
  • Energy embedded in traded goods as a share of domestic energy
  • Energy imports and exports
  • Energy intensity
  • Energy intensity by sector
  • Energy intensity of economies
  • Energy intensity vs. GDP per capita
  • Energy use per capita vs. share in extreme poverty
  • Energy use per person
  • Expected years of schooling vs. CO₂ emissions per capita
  • Fossil fuel consumptionBy country
  • Fossil fuel consumption per capita
  • Fossil fuel consumption per capita by sourceStacked area chart
  • Fossil fuel consumption per capita by sourceLine chart
  • GDP per capita vs. energy use
  • Gas consumption
  • Global CO₂ emissions from fossil fuels and land use changeStacked area chart
  • Global CO₂ emissions from fossil fuels and land use changeLine chart
  • Global CO₂ emissions if everyone lived like the average citizen in...
  • Global direct primary energy consumption
  • Global emissions from food by life-cycle stage
  • Global primary energy consumption by sourceLine chart
  • Global primary energy consumption by sourceStacked area chart
  • Global warming contributions by gas and source
  • Global warming contributions from fossil fuels and land use
  • Global warming potential of greenhouse gases over 100-year timescale
  • Global warming: Contributions to the change in global mean surface temperature
  • Greenhouse gas emissions
  • Greenhouse gas emissions by gas
  • Greenhouse gas emissions by sector
  • Greenhouse gas emissions from food systems
  • Greenhouse gas emissions per 100 grams of protein
  • Greenhouse gas emissions per 1000 kilocalories
  • Greenhouse gas emissions per capita
  • Greenhouse gas emissions per capita per day
  • Greenhouse gas emissions per kilogram of food product
  • Has country already reached SDG target on clean cooking fuels?
  • Hypothetical number of deaths from energy production
  • Imported or exported CO₂ emissions per capita
  • Installed global renewable energy capacity by technology
  • Investment in renewable energy, by technology
  • Kaya identity: drivers of CO₂ emissions
  • Land-use change CO₂ emissions: quality of estimates
  • Levelized cost of energy by technology
  • Life expectancy at birth vs. CO₂ emissions per capita
  • Long-term energy transitions
  • Low-carbon electricity generation per capita
  • Low-carbon energy consumption
  • Meat consumption vs. GDP per capita
  • Methane emissions
  • Methane emissions by sector
  • Modern renewable energy generation by source
  • Monthly CO₂ emissions from commercial passenger flights
  • Monthly CO₂ emissions from domestic and international commercial passenger flights
  • Net electricity imports
  • Net energy embedded in traded goods
  • Nitrous oxide emissions
  • Nitrous oxide emissions by sector
  • Number of people with access to electricity
  • Number of people with and without electricity access
  • Number of people without access to electricityBy world region
  • Number of people without access to electricityBy country
  • Oil production per capita
  • Per capita CO₂ emissions from domestic commercial passenger flights
  • Per capita CO2 emissions by fuel type
  • Per capita CO2 emissions by sector
  • Per capita CO2 emissions from cement
  • Per capita CO2 emissions from coal
  • Per capita CO2 emissions from flaring
  • Per capita CO2 emissions from gas
  • Per capita CO2 emissions from oil
  • Per capita CO₂ emissions
  • Per capita CO₂ emissions by region
  • Per capita CO₂ emissions from aviation
  • Per capita CO₂ emissions from commercial aviation, tourism-adjusted
  • Per capita CO₂ emissions from domestic aviation
  • Per capita CO₂ emissions from domestic aviation vs. GDP per capita
  • Per capita CO₂ emissions from domestic aviation vs. land area
  • Per capita CO₂ emissions from international aviation
  • Per capita CO₂ emissions from international commercial passenger flights, tourism-adjustedClarke & UNWTO
  • Per capita CO₂ emissions from international passenger flights, tourism-adjustedGraver & World Bank
  • Per capita CO₂ emissions from transport
  • Per capita CO₂ emissions including land-use change
  • Per capita GHG emissions vs. per capita CO₂ emissionsLand use not included
  • Per capita consumption of low-carbon energy
  • Per capita consumption of low-carbon energy vs. GDP per capita
  • Per capita consumption-based CO₂ emissions
  • Per capita electricity from fossil fuels, nuclear and renewables
  • Per capita electricity generation
  • Per capita electricity generation from fossil fuels
  • Per capita electricity generation from gas
  • Per capita electricity generation from hydropower
  • Per capita electricity generation from nuclear
  • Per capita electricity generation from oil
  • Per capita electricity generation from renewables
  • Per capita electricity generation from solar
  • Per capita electricity generation from wind
  • Per capita energy consumption from hydropower
  • Per capita energy consumption from nuclear
  • Per capita energy consumption from renewables
  • Per capita energy consumption from solar
  • Per capita energy consumption from wind
  • Per capita energy from fossil fuels, nuclear and renewables
  • Per capita fossil energy consumption vs. GDP per capita
  • Per capita gas consumption
  • Per capita generation of coal electricity
  • Per capita greenhouse gas emissions
  • Per capita greenhouse gas emissions by sector
  • Per capita greenhouse gas emissions, excluding land use and forestry
  • Per capita methane emissions
  • Per capita methane emissions by sector
  • Per capita nitrous oxide emissions
  • Per capita nitrous oxide emissions by sector
  • Per capita oil consumption
  • Per capita primary energy consumption by source
  • Power outages in firms in a typical month
  • Primary direct energy consumption by source
  • Primary energy consumption
  • Primary energy consumption by sourceOver time
  • Primary energy consumption by sourceBy country
  • Primary energy consumption by world region
  • Primary energy consumption from fossil fuels, nuclear and renewables
  • Primary energy consumption from hydropower
  • Primary energy consumption from nuclear
  • Primary energy consumption from renewables
  • Primary energy consumption from solar
  • Primary energy consumption from wind
  • Primary energy mix in the United Kingdom
  • Production vs. consumption-based CO₂ emissions
  • Production vs. consumption-based CO₂ emissions per capita
  • Production vs. consumption-based carbon intensity of energy
  • Production- vs. consumption-based energy use per person
  • Production-based vs. consumption-based energy use
  • Renewable energy investment
  • Share of CO₂ emissions covered by a carbon price
  • Share of cumulative CO₂ emissions from oil
  • Share of direct primary energy consumption by source
  • Share of electricity from low-carbon sources
  • Share of electricity production by sourceIndividual sources
  • Share of electricity production by sourceFaceted
  • Share of electricity production from coal
  • Share of electricity production from fossil fuels
  • Share of electricity production from gas
  • Share of electricity production from hydropower
  • Share of electricity production from nuclear
  • Share of electricity production from renewable sources
  • Share of electricity production from renewables
  • Share of electricity production from solar
  • Share of electricity production from wind
  • Share of energy consumption by source
  • Share of global CO₂ consumption-based emissions
  • Share of global CO₂ emissions and population
  • Share of global CO₂ emissions from aviation
  • Share of global CO₂ emissions from cement
  • Share of global CO₂ emissions from coal
  • Share of global CO₂ emissions from flaring
  • Share of global CO₂ emissions from gas
  • Share of global CO₂ emissions from international aviation
  • Share of global CO₂ emissions from land-use change
  • Share of global CO₂ emissions from oil
  • Share of global CO₂ emissions including land-use change
  • Share of global CO₂ emissions vs. share of population
  • Share of global annual CO₂ emissions from other industry
  • Share of global cumulative CO₂ emissions
  • Share of global cumulative CO₂ emissions from cement
  • Share of global cumulative CO₂ emissions from coal
  • Share of global cumulative CO₂ emissions from flaring
  • Share of global cumulative CO₂ emissions from gas
  • Share of global cumulative CO₂ emissions from land-use change
  • Share of global cumulative CO₂ emissions from other industry
  • Share of global cumulative CO₂ emissions including land-use change
  • Share of global greenhouse gas emissions
  • Share of global greenhouse gas emissions from food
  • Share of global methane emissions
  • Share of global nitrous oxide emissions
  • Share of global primary energy consumption by source
  • Share of national greenhouse gas emissions that come from food
  • Share of primary energy from coal
  • Share of primary energy from fossil fuels
  • Share of primary energy from gas
  • Share of primary energy from hydroelectric power
  • Share of primary energy from low-carbon sources
  • Share of primary energy from nuclear
  • Share of primary energy from oil
  • Share of primary energy from renewable sources
  • Share of primary energy from solar
  • Share of primary energy from wind
  • Share of primary energy that is low-carbon vs. GDP per capita
  • Share of rural vs. urban population with electricity access
  • Solar (photovoltaic) panel prices vs. cumulative capacity
  • Solar PV cumulative capacity
  • Status of net-zero carbon emissions targets
  • The long-term energy transition in Europe
  • The share of nuclear and renewables in total electricity production
  • Total greenhouse gas emissions, excluding land use and forestry
  • Transport's share of global greenhouse gas emissions from food
  • When will countries phase out coal power?
  • Which countries have a carbon emissions trading system?
  • Which countries have a carbon tax?
  • Which countries have set a net-zero emissions target?
  • Year-on-year change in CO₂ emissions
  • Year-to-year change in primary energy consumption by source
  • Year-to-year change in primary energy consumption from fossil fuels vs. low-carbon energy
  • Year-to-year percentage change in primary energy consumption

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