Saturday, September 26, 2009

The Week In Green Numbers

7,900

- acres of garden lost in London in the last 5 years through "development"

50 gigatonnes

- global greenhouse gas emissions today

48 gigatonnes

- global emissions in 2020 thanks to measures already announced

44 gigatonnes

- emission level needed to limit global warming to 2C

35-40%

- efficiency of a coal-fired power station in Britain

<25%

- efficiency of a coal-fired power station in China

6%

- expected fall in US emissions this year, thanks to the recession

2.6%

- expected fall in global emissions this year

5,000 tonnes

- amount of toilet paper exported from the UK to Germany each year

4,000 tonnes

- amount of toilet paper imported from Germany to the UK each year

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