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COUNTRY PROFILE - Morocco

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Carbon Dioxide (CO2) Emissions {a} Morocco Middle East & North Africa World
(in thousand metric tons of CO2)
Total Emissions, 1998 32035 1546030 24215376
  Percent change since 1990 36 % 46 % 8 %
Emissions as a percent of global CO2 production 0.1 % 6.4 %  
Emissions in 1998 from:
  solid fuels 9277 130585 8654368
  liquid fuels 19100 833523 10160272
  gaseous fuels 70 461305 4470080
  gas flaring 0 50244 172208
  cement manufacturing 3588 70373 758448
         
Per capita CO2 emissions, 1998
  (thousand metric tons of CO2) 1 4 4
  Percent change since 1990 19 % 18 % -2 %
CO2 emissions (in metric tons) per million
  dollars Gross Domestic Product {b}, 1998 831 X 773
  Percent change since 1990 11 % X -10 %
Cumulative CO2 emissions, 1900-1999
  (in billion metric tons) 620 30843 933686
         
CO2 Emissions by Sector, 1999 {c} (in million metric tons of CO2)
Public electricity, heat production,
  and autoproducers 11 417 8693
Other Energy Industries 0 150 1205
Manufacturing Industries and Construction 5 300 4337
Transportation 2 242 5505
Residential 3 118 1802
Other Sectors {d} 9 196 5640
Total Emissions All Sectors: 30 1423 27180
         
CO2 Intensity, 1999
Emissions per total energy consumption
  (metric tons CO2 per terajoule energy) 67 62 56
Emissions per Gross Domestic Product {e}
  (metric tons of CO2/million $PPP) 298 721 582
         
Non-CO2 Air Pollution, thousand metric tons
Sulfur dioxide emissions, 1995 239 7335 141875
Nitrogen oxide emissions, 1995 134 5071 99271
Carbon monoxide emissions, 1995 584 31879 852415
Non-methane VOC emissions {f}, 1995 109 15711 159634
         
Multilateral Agreements Status as of September 2002
Data show the year each country ratified the agreement, unless labeled as "signed only".
Kyoto Protocol 2002    
United Nations Framework Convention
  on Climate Change (UNFCCC) 1995    
Vienna Convention 1995    
         
Other Resources:
Sustainable Development Country Profile of the
Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations:
http://www.fao.org/countryprofiles/index.asp?subj=2&iso3=
         
         
Footnotes:
Some footnotes are not incorporated here. Please refer to the Data Tables section of EarthTrends for a full listing.
a. Source: Carbon Dioxide Information Analysis Center (CDIAC). b. Constant US dollars. c. Source: International Energy Agency (IEA).
d. Includes the commercial sector, agriculture, the public service sector, and international bunkers
e. GDP is in 1995 international dollars, adjusted for Purchasing Power Parity. f. VOC: Volatile Organic Compounds.
         
         
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