Text-only Version of Bar Charts for Testimony on the Role of Science in the Asia-Pacific Partnership

Horizontal bar chart shows a list of 39 countries along the right-hand column and percentages in increments of 5% across the bottom from negative 25% to positive 25%. Country percentages are listed in order, from Lithuania appearing at the top of the list and its bar showing about halfway between negative 15% to negative 20% up through Finland, listed at the bottom and appearing in the range between 20% to 25%, but closer to 20%. Text on the chart indicates that "In 2004, the U.S. economy increased 4.2%, while U.S. emissions increased only 1.5%"

The source of the data depicted in the chart is listed as:
2005 National Inventory Reports and Common Reporting Formats at
http://unfccc.int/national_reports/ annex_i_ghg_inventories/national_inventories_submissions/items/2761.php

1. Lithuania
2. Iceland
3. Ireland
4. Czech
5. USA
6. France
7. Poland
8. Ukraine
9. Germany
10. Belgium
11. Japan
12. Netherlands
13. EU-25
14. Switzerland
15. Norway
16. EU-15
17. Monaco
18. Hungary
19. Canada
20. Portugal
21. Australia
22. Italy
23. Greece
24. Slovenia
25. Latvia
26. Sweden
27. Bulgaria
28. Belarus
29. Spain
30. Slovakia
31. New Zealand
32. Denmark
33. Estonia
34. Romania
35. Austria
36. Ukraine
37. Croatia
38. Luxembourg
39. Finland

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Chart 2
Trends in Greenhouse Gas Emissions Intensity

Horizontal bar chart shows a list of 38 countries along the right-hand column and percentages in increments of 5% across the top from negative 30% to positive 15%. Country percentages are listed in order, from Lithuania appearing at the top of the list and its bar showing in the middle of the range of negative 15% to negative 20% up through Luxembourg, listed last and appearing just above the 10% mark. Text on the chart indicates that "Between 2000 and 2004, the U.S. economy grew 9.6% while greenhouse gas emissions increased only 1.1%."

Source of the data depicted in the chart is listed as: GDP Data: IMF World Economic Outlook, September 2005; http://www.imf.org/external/pubs/ft/weo/2005/02/data/index.htm

1. Lithuania
2. Ireland
3. Finland
4. Iceland
5. Estonia
6. Belarus
7. Ukraine
8. Czech
9. Greece
10. Bulgaria
11. Hungary
12. UK
13. Australia
14. Poland
15. Slovakia
16. EU-25A
17. USA
18. Latvia
19. France
20. Slovenia
21. Romania
22. Canada
23. Spain
24. Belgium
25. New Zealand
26. Norway
27. EU-15
28. Japan
29. Germany
30. Netherlands
31. Sweden
32. Croatia
33. Switzerland
34. Italy
35. Portugal
36. Denmark
37. Austria
38. Luxembourg

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Chart 3
World Carbon Dioxide Emissions by Region

Vertical bar chart shows 6 sets of three bars, one for each of the years 1990, 2002, 2010, 2020, and 2025.  The three bars represent emissions categorized by these regions: transitional countries, industrialized countries, and developing countries. The bars show the industrialized countries had more emissions than either developing or transitional countries in 1990 and 2002.  The bars show a trend with transitional countries' emissions staying nearly the same over the time span, but with a small decrease in 2002.  Industrialized countries' emissions, increasing slightly in each time period. Developing countries' emissions increase at a rate greater than the industrialized countries in each period, and text on the chart indicates that "Emissions from developing world surpass industralized nations by 2010."  

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Chart 4
Organizational Chart

This chart shows the 8 Task Forces that report to the Policy and Implementation Committee, which the U.S. chairs.  The chart also shows which country is the chair and co-chair of each task force.  The chart also shows that Administrative Support Group, chaired by the U.S. reports to the Policy and Implementation Committee.  The task forces, chairs and co-chairs are shown left to right as follows:

Cleaner Fossil Energy - Chair: Australia; Co-chair: China
Renewable Energy and Dsitributed Generation - Chair: Korea; Co-chair: Australia
Power Generation and Transmission - Chair: USA; Co-chair: China
Steel - Chair: Japan; Co-chair: India
Aluminum - Chair: Australia; Co-chair: USA
Cement - Chair: Japan; no co-chair
Coal Mining - Chair: USA; Co-chair: India
Buildings and Appliances - Chair: Korea; Co-chair: USA

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