6. Germany
Emissions – 767,145.57 Ktons CO2
Europe’s country with the largest greenhouse gas emissions may have put over 767 million tonnes of CO2 into the atmosphere in 2014 alone, but that doesn’t mean it has no plans to tackle the situation. In fact, it has been working hard to change its main source of energy to renewable sources. Last year, Germany announced that 78 percent of all the country’s electricity comes from renewable energy sources.
Along with the other plans it has to lower its CO2 emissions, Germany sets an example to other countries, showing them that it can be done and that the world’s climate matters. The country’s emissions are dropping and the trend will, hopefully, continues in the years to come. After all, Germany plans to cut greenhouse emissions by 40 percent by 2020 and up to 95 percent by 2050, switching to renewable energy in all sectors.
