"**In 2012, the world topped out at 4.9 tonnes per person**. Since then, per capita emissions have been slowly falling. ([Location 1365](https://readwise.io/to_kindle?action=open&asin=B0C3X6X695&location=1365))" --- **Tags** -- [[quotes]], [[emissions]], [[climate-change]], [[energy-transition]], [[pollution]], [[growth]], [[statistics]] **Source** -- [[260103133118 - B - Not the End of the World]]