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.
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The graph above illustrates how much carbon dioxide (CO2) a person has emitted on average in four European countries from 1967 to 2007. Generally, carbon dioxide emissions among Northern Europeans (the UK, Sweden) were declining over the year,
while
there were increases recorded for people from the South.
Plateaued at around 11 metric Linking Words
tonnes
in 1967, people from the UK were ranked as the largest carbon dioxide producer on the list. Use synonyms
Although
Britons were still ranked as the top CO2 producers, there has been a gradual decline in the average emission to around 9 metric Linking Words
tonnes
.
Ranked in second place, on average Swedish emitted more than 8 metric Use synonyms
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of CO2 in 1967, followed by an increase, the figure peaked at over 10 metric Use synonyms
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in 1977. Since Use synonyms
then
, there has been a stark decrease in the Swedish emission patterns to just over 5 metric Linking Words
tonnes
.
With the average emission recorded at just above 1 and 4 metric Use synonyms
tonnes
respectively in 1967, Portuguese and Italians were the groups with the least amount of CO2 produced per person on average. Since Use synonyms
then
, the two countries followed similar rising trends, reaching plateaus in 1997 at around 5 and nearly 8 metric Linking Words
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respectively.Use synonyms
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Vocabulary: Replace the words co, tonnes with synonyms.
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