The line graph provided illustrates the average carbon dioxide emissions per person in the four different countries from 1967 and 2007.
Overall
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it is clear that
the UK and Linking Words
Sweden
showed downward trends, Use synonyms
while
Italy and Portugal and Italy increased significantly over time. Linking Words
Furthermore
, Portugal recorded the highest increase, Linking Words
whereas
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Sweden
illustrated the largest fall for the period.
Looking at the line graph more closely, one can see that Use synonyms
Sweden
had a rise before its peak (11 Use synonyms
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Then
, it declined considerably to 5 Linking Words
tonnes
by 2007. Moving on to the UK, it stood at the highest figure of 11 Use synonyms
tonnes
in 1967, and it declined slowly over the period. Use synonyms
Thus
, it maintained its position Linking Words
at the end
of the period: 9 Linking Words
tonnes
. Use synonyms
Conversely
, the proportion for Italy and Portugal overtook Linking Words
Sweden
in 1996 and 2007. And the figures for those two countries increased gradually by 2.5 Use synonyms
tonnes
and 3 Use synonyms
tonnes
in 2007 compared to 1967.Use synonyms