Comparison of carbon dioxide emissions

	Country	Total Emissions(Million metric tons of CO2)	Per Capita Emissions(Tons/capita)
1.	China	6017.69	4.58
2.	United States	5902.75	19.78
3.	Russia	1704.36	12.00
4.	India	1293.17	1.16
5.	Japan	1246.76	9.78
6.	Germany	857.60	10.40
7.	Canada	614.33	18.81
8.	United Kingdom	585.71	9.66
9.	South Korea	514.53	10.53
10.	Iran	471.48	7.25
11.	Italy	468.19	8.05
12.	South Africa	443.58	10.04
13.	Mexico	435.60	4.05
14.	Saudi Arabia	424.08	15.70
15.	France	417.75	6.60
16.	Australia	417.06	20.58
17.	Brazil	377.24	2.01
18.	Spain	372.61	9.22
19.	Ukraine	328.72	7.05
20.	Poland	303.42	7.87

The picture that emerges from these figures is one where in general developed countries and major emerging economy nations lead in total carbon dioxide emissions. Developed nations typically have high carbon dioxide emissions per capita, while some developing countries lead in the growth rate of carbon dioxide emissions. Obviously, these uneven contributions to the climate problem are at the core of the challenges the world community faces in finding effective and equitable solutions. 

 Its interesting to see how Australia has the highest per capita emissions and they have recently signed Kyoto and are on a massive campaign to reduce their emissions. Hopefully they will get their emissions down. And also note that India has the least per capita but ranks 4th among the total emissions, clearly shows the major disadvantages of population. This charts actually help us think how i counties like Australia and US there needs to be more emphasis on individuals and in India it needs to be on policy and organisations. I don't mean we shouldn't educate individuals in India but policy changes need to be made asap. 

Source for graphs and chart: Union of concerned scientists