*
* 1. CHINA China emits 6, 018 million tonnes of greenhouse gases each year. This comes at little surprise as huge amounts of goods are manufactured in China, then exported all over the world. 3. RUSSIA 2. USA Prior to 2007 the United States was the world's biggest polluter, it still however comes not too far behind China producing 5, 833 million tonnes of greenhouse gases annually. 4. INDIA Russia has a smaller population of 141, 950, 000 India is the second highest populated country compared with the USA and China but still produces a in the world with a population size of 1, 139, 964, 932 significant amount of CO 2, 1, 704 million tonnes per annum. people. As a result, the country has a very high carbon output of 1, 293 million tonnes. 5. JAPAN Japan ranks fifth producing 1, 247 million tonnes of CO 2 a year. Like Russia, Japan plans to cut its CO 2 emissions by 25% when it sees other countries committing to the same. 7. CANADA The country produces 614 million tonnes of Carbon Dioxide a year. Experts place much of the blame on Canada's mining industry, the strong reliance on road transportation and chemical's contaminating the air. 9. SOUTH KOREA South Korea comes in 9 th with 514 million tonnes of carbon dioxide. Since the countries economic boom in the 1960's, there has been heavy industrialisation and a constant demand for the latest technologies. 6. GERMANY The EU nation produces significantly less CO 2 than Japan with 858 million tonnes per annum. Germany has ambitious goals to cut CO 2 emission by 3% a year in order to reach United Nations targets. 8. UK The UK creates 586 million tonnes of CO 2 yearly. While air pollution is being combated and energy efficiency is improving, transportation pollution still remains a major problem and is still on the rise. 10. IRAN The final country on the list, Iran, creates 471 million tonnes of carbon dioxide annually. Iran suffers problems with air and water pollution with the ecology in the Caspian sea significantly threatened.
*
* 1: Ahvaz, Iran 2: Ulaan Baatar, Mongolia 3: Sanandaj, Iran 372 micrograms per cubic meter 279 micrograms per cubic meter 254 micrograms per cubic meter 4: Ludhiana, Pakistan 5: Kermanshah, Iran 251 micrograms per cubic meter 229 micrograms per cubic meter
* *The Kyoto Protocol is a legally binding agreement under which industrialized countries will reduce their collective emissions of greenhouse gases by 5. 2% compared to the year 1990 11 December 1997 National targets range from 8% reductions for the European Union and some others to 7% for the US, 6% for Japan, 0% for Russia, and permitted increases of 8% for Australia and 10% for Iceland.
*
* 1. Calgary, Canada 2. Adelaide, Australia 4. Minneapolis, USA 3. Honolulu, Hawaii 5. Kobe, Japan