Sweden Tops Climate Change (prevention) List

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http://www.lasvegassun.com/sunbin/stories/tech/2006/nov/13/111306657.html

Sweden, Britain and Denmark are doing the most to protect against climate change, but their efforts are not nearly enough, according to a report released Monday by environmental groups.

The United States - the world's biggest emitter of greenhouse gases - ranked at 53, with only China, Malaysia and Saudi Arabia doing worse.

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The index ranks 56 countries that were part of a 1992 climate treaty or that contribute at least 1 percent of the world's greenhouse gas emissions. The countries make up 90 percent of global carbon dioxide emissions.

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About one-quarter of the energy consumed in Sweden in 2003 came from renewable sources - more than four times as much as the European Union average of 6 percent. In Stockholm, one-quarter of city buses run on ethanol or biogas.

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[lapfog_1]

1. They have the most to lose the earliest

minus some African nations and some Pacific islands..

However, it almost doesn't matter what they do if the rest of the world doesn't do it's part, in particular, the US and China.

Still, good on them to achieve this 25 percent renewable figure.