Singapore's Carbon Emission Sky High

Human Development Report has released its latest report on Singapore @ hdrstats.undp.org/countries/country_fact_sheets/cty_fs_SGP.html.

Under the section Climate Change, it says:

With 0.1% of the world's population, Singapore accounts for 0.2% of global emissions - an average of 12.3 tonnes of CO2 per person. If all countries in the world were to emit CO2 at levels similar to Singapore's, we would exceed our sustainable carbon budget by approximately 453%.

High-income OECD countries meanwhile lead the league of "CO2 transgressors". With just 15% of the world’s population, they account for almost half of all emissions. If the entire world emitted like High-income OECD countries -an average of 13.2 tonnes of CO2 per person, we would be emitting 6 times our sustainable carbon budget.

Singapore has signed and ratified the Kyoto Protocol. As a non-Annex I Party to the Protocol, Singapore is not bound by specific targets for greenhouse gas emissions.