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CO2 emissions by city - C40 Cities (2018)

  • CO2 emissions by city - C40 Cities (2018)

  • Entity Year Population density CO2 emissions per capita Transport emissions per capita (tCO2) Waste emissions per capita
    Salvador 2016 4,162.0 1.33 1.95 0.09
    Los Angeles 2016 3,200.0 7.87 1.47 0.38
    Madrid 2016 5,185.0 3.16 1.04 0.13
    Medellin 2016 65.0 1.39 1.6 0.3
    Melbourne 2016 3,242.0 38.66 6.76 2.51
    Milan 2016 7,395.0 4.43 1.65 0.01
    Montreal 2016 3,927.0 5.2 2.38 0.23
    New Orleans 2016 878.0 9.38 4.16 1.54
    New York City 2016 10,833.0 6.04 1.39 0.32
    Oslo 2016 1,374.0 2.15 1.25 0.09
    Paris 2016 21,619.0 2.42 0.31 0.2
    Philadelphia 2016 4,456.0 11.21 2.07 0.41
    Portland 2016 635.0 10.06 4.69 0.14
    Quito 2016 605.0 2.26 1.18 0.3
    London 2016 5,277.0 5.73 1.87 0.22
    San Francisco 2016 7,197.0 6.87 3.78 0.34
    Seoul 2016 17,170.0 5.64 1.92 0.27
    Stockholm 2016 4,912.0 2.95 1.94 0.01
    Sydney 2016 8,066.0 18.94 1.92 2.85
    Tokyo 2016 6,071.0 5.97 1.89 0.13
    Toronto 2016 4,333.0 7.22 2.34 1.38
    Tshwane 2016 483.0 9.02 1.48 4.53
    Vancouver 2016 5,423.0 4.01 2.74 0.16
    Venice 2016 632.0 12.85 3.8 0.12
    Warsaw 2016 3,356.0 6.83 1.11 0.02
    Washington, DC 2016 4,255.0 12.69 3.68 0.45
    Yokohama 2016 8,574.0 6.62 1.94 1.66
    Chicago 2016 4,615.0 12.0 3.96 0.41
    Amman 2016 4,240.0 2.19 1.67 0.12
    Amsterdam 2016 4,991.0 6.84 1.37 0.02
    Athens 2016 17,027.0 8.61 2.58 0.49
    Auckland 2016 322.0 5.94 3.62 0.24
    Austin 2016 468.0 10.45 4.1 0.45
    Bangkok 2016 5,428.0 6.91 3.95 0.48
    Barcelona 2016 15,708.0 2.76 1.64 0.04
    Basel 2016 5,306.0 4.21 1.86 0.03
    Boston 2016 5,356.0 10.6 2.35 0.03
    Buenos Aires 2016 15,117.0 4.32 1.21 1.61
    Cape Town 2016 1,634.0 5.29 1.4 1.62
    Chennai 2016 15,662.0 3.9 1.77 0.34
    Accra 2016 14,597.0 1.16 0.35 1.5
    Ciudad de Mexico 2016 5,976.0 3.48 2.76 1.61
    Copenhagen 2016 6,860.0 3.56 1.96 0.04
    Curitiba 2016 4,250.0 2.47 2.6 1.51
    Dubai 2016 654.0 18.94 4.94 2.92
    Durban 2016 1,502.0 7.59 2.87 0.1
    Heidelberg 2016 1,436.0 6.19 2.7 0.01
    Hong Kong 2016 6,585.0 5.45 1.1 0.33
    Houston 2016 1,442.0 15.92 7.21 0.37
    Istanbul 2016 2,759.0 3.24 1.91 0.18
    Johannesburg 2016 2,892.0 5.19 2.51 0.36
    Lagos 2016 7,506.0 1.4 0.25 0.46
    Lima 2016 3,361.0 2.78 1.71 0.35

  • Sources

    Data Published By: GHG Interactive Dashboard Data. 2017. London, UK: C40 Cities Climate Leadership Group.

    Data publisher source:

    Link: https://www.c40.org/other/gpc-dashboard

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