You should spend about 20 minutes on this task. The graph below shows average carbon dioxide (Co2) emissions per person in the United Kingdom, Sweden, Italy, and Portugal between 1967 and 2007. Summarize the information by selecting and reporting the main features, and make comparisons where relevant. Write at least 150 words.

The line chart illustrates how many

tonnes

per

person

released average carbon dioxide

emissions

in four different countries from 1967 to 2007.

Overall

,

while

there were downward trends in the average C02

emissions

per

person

from the UK and

Sweden

, the opposite was true in other countries.

Moreover

, despite the significant reduction of CO2

emissions

in the UK, its average

emissions

recorded the highest in the period of time.

To begin

with, the upward tendencies could be seen in the number of

tonnes

of CO2

emissions

per

person

coming from Italy and Portugal. In 1967, there were under 2

tonnes

of CO2

emissions

per

person

in Portugal,

then

sharply increased to nearly 6

tonnes

in 2007, which reached the same levels of C02

emissions

per

person

in

Sweden

. The average C02

emissions

in Italy started at twice times high as CO2

emissions

in Portugal and surpassed the

emissions

of

Sweden

from 1987, which were over 7

tonnes

.

At the end

of the period, it ranked second at the level of around 8

tonnes

.

On the contrary

,

although

8

tonnes

of

emissions

per

person

in

Sweden

positioned third in the total of four nations,

this

number only soared once, which was over 10

tonnes

in 1977 and dropped by 4

tonnes

after 30 years. Looking at the rest, the UK’s average

emissions

per

person

experienced a slight decrease from about 11

tonnes

to 9

tonnes

, still being in the first position through 40 years of the period.