The graph below showsaverage carbon dioxide (CO2) emissions per person in the United Kindom, Sweden, Italy and Portugal between 1967 and 2007. Summarise the information by selecting and reporting the main features, and make comparisions where relevant.

The line graph illustrates changes in the average

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dioxide emissions per capita in the United Kingdom,

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, Italy, and Portugal from 1967 to 2007. As can be seen from the graph, the UK and Portugal’s

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footprint witnessed a rise towards the end of the period

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those of Italy and

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declined. Interestingly, both

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and Portugal were equal by 2007.

To begin

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with, the average Italian’s

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footprint almost doubled throughout the time span, when it climbed steadily from around 4

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in 1967 to approximately 8

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in 2007. Meanwhile, despite emitting much lower greenhouse gas

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(around 1 tonne), the Portuguese underwent a drastic increase later on and ended up at almost 6

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at the end

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of the timespan.

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, the countries that experienced a decline in

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emissions were

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and the United Kingdom. Surprisingly, their numbers are exceptionally high at the beginning at roughly 9 and 11

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respectively.

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the UK people managed to lessen their

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footprint continuously to just around where the Swedish was in 1967, the Swedish’s figure hit a high of 10

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around 1977 before decreasing and was equivalent to the number of the Portuguese in 2007.