Nowadays online shopping is extremely popular. Discuss the impact of it on the environment and on people, who lost their jobs because of it

This
line chart shows the change in
carbon
dioxide
emissions
per person in the
UK
,
Sweden
, Italy and Portugal, from 1967 to 2007. In 1967,
UK
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the UK
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emitted the most
carbon
dioxide
, about 11 metric
tonnes
. It was followed by
Sweden
with about 9 metric
tonnes
and Italy with about 4 metric
tonnes
. Portugal emitted the least, about 1 metric
tonnes
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. In 40 years,
carbon
dioxide
emissions
fell in the
UK
and
Sweden
as a whole, with the
UK
falling slowly and Italy falling rapidly.
Carbon
dioxide
emissions
in Italy and Portugal were increasing year by year at a significant rate. By 2007,
UK
's
emissions
were still the highest, at around 9 metric
tonnes
.
Then
there was Italy, which was about 8 metric
tonnes
.
Sweden
and Portugal had the lowest
carbon
dioxide
emissions
, both about 5 metric
tonnes
. Overall,
this
chart shows the declined in
carbon
dioxide
emissions
in the
UK
and
Sweden
and the rose in Italy and Portugal during
this
period.
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