Fossil-Fuel CO₂ Emissions from Oceania

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What countries constitute Oceania?

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Oceania consists of approximately twenty countries, including Japan, Australia, New Zealand, and a number of less populous nations of the Pacific region. Only Japan and Australia are represented in the list of top 20 fossil-fuel CO₂-emitting countries, and together they contribute 97.5% of the regional sum. The pattern of fossil-fuel CO₂ emissions for Oceania through the late 1980s bears many similarities with those in North America and Western Europe: that is, strong growth up until 1973 and a leveling off thereafter. From 1973-1987 emissions crept upward slightly but in an irregular and halting pattern. Since 1987 emissions have risen 32% to 450 million metric tons of carbon. Japan's slowly decreasing reliance on liquid fuels strongly affects the Oceania regional sums.