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321159 OP t1_it2umjq wrote

Countries with recent conflict and unrest (e.g. Syria, Venezuela, Yemen, Somalia) stand out with involunatrily reduced carbon emissions.

Also note that the most recent data is from 2020. So the great reduction of CO2 emissions in Ukraine can not be attributed to the invasion.

But the data is recent enought that the Covid pandemic has an impact on the visualization, with many countries increasing their emissions again in 2021.

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CyHawkNerd t1_it2v61z wrote

Do you know the reasoning behind North Korea? I’m a bit surprised it’s not NA

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321159 OP t1_it2wbov wrote

I do not know what is up with North Korea, but apparently their carbon output is reducing. If that is because of a shrinking economy or measures taken especially to reduce their emission I can not tell.

You can dig in to the data sources yourself here: https://github.com/owid/co2-data

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