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CO2 Emissions
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135.6 |
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[168th of 178]
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CO2 Emissions (per capita)
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10.3924 per 1,000 people |
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[19th of 176]
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Current issues
limited natural fresh water resources, roof storage tanks collect rainwater, but mostly dependent on a single, aging desalination plant; intensive phosphate mining during the past 90 years - mainly by a UK, Australia, and NZ consortium - has left the central 90% of Nauru a wasteland and threatens limited remaining land resources |
International agreements > Party to
Biodiversity, Climate Change, Climate Change-Kyoto Protocol, Desertification, Hazardous Wastes, Law of the Sea, Marine Dumping, Ozone Layer Protection, Whaling |
International agreements > Signed but not ratified
none of the selected agreements |
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Pollution > Carbon dioxide 1999
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37 |
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[182nd of 199]
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Threatened species
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2 |
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[157th of 158]
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SOURCES: World Resources Institute. 2003. Carbon Emissions from energy use and cement manufacturing, 1850 to 2000. Available on-line through the Climate Analysis Indicators Tool (CAIT) at Washington, DC: World Resources Institute; All CIA World Factbooks 18 December 2003 to 18 December 2008; Gregg Marland, Tom Boden, and Bob Andres, University of North Dakota, via net publication; United Nations World Statistics Pocketbook and Statistical Yearbook
ALTERNATIVE NAMES:
Nauru, Republic of Nauru
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