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The line graph compares the proportion of release of carbon dioxide (CO2) in metric
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for every person in four European countries between 1967 and 2007. It is clear that the average
amount
per individual is declining in the United Kingdom and Sweden.
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, it is increasing in Italy and Portugal. From 1967 to 2007, the United Kingdom was the highest country emitting CO2 per person. The UK figure
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gradually from 11 metric
tonnes
in 1967 to 9 metric
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in 2007. In Sweden,
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of produced CO2 was about 9 metric
tonnes
in 1967, and it increased steadily till it reached its maximum in 1977 by about 10.5 metric
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. During the following 30 years, it dropped to nearly 7.5 metric
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in 2007.
Italy
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about 4.5 metric
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in 1967.
This
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nearly doubled in 2007. In 1967, Portugal was the lowest country to emit CO2 by 1.5 metric
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the end of the 40-year period as it increased significantly to reach 7.5 metric
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in 2007, the same
amount
produced by Sweden in the same year.
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