This statistic displays the emissions of air pollutants worldwide from 2015 to 2050, broken down by compound. In 2015, around 136.7 million metric tons of nitrogen oxides (NOx) were emitted globally. This figure is expected to increase by 2050 to some 175.7 million metric tons of NOx compounds.
Air pollutant emissions worldwide from 2015 to 2050, by compound
(in million metric tons)
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MIT Joint Program on the Science and Policy of Global Change. (March 21, 2019). Air pollutant emissions worldwide from 2015 to 2050, by compound (in million metric tons) [Graph]. In Statista. Retrieved February 26, 2020, from https://www.statista.com/statistics/1014091/air-pollutants-emissions-worldwide-by-compound/
MIT Joint Program on the Science and Policy of Global Change. "Air pollutant emissions worldwide from 2015 to 2050, by compound (in million metric tons)." Chart. March 21, 2019. Statista. Accessed February 26, 2020. https://www.statista.com/statistics/1014091/air-pollutants-emissions-worldwide-by-compound/
MIT Joint Program on the Science and Policy of Global Change. (2019). Air pollutant emissions worldwide from 2015 to 2050, by compound (in million metric tons). Statista. Statista Inc.. Accessed: February 26, 2020. https://www.statista.com/statistics/1014091/air-pollutants-emissions-worldwide-by-compound/
MIT Joint Program on the Science and Policy of Global Change. "Air Pollutant Emissions Worldwide from 2015 to 2050, by Compound (in Million Metric Tons)." Statista, Statista Inc., 21 Mar 2019, https://www.statista.com/statistics/1014091/air-pollutants-emissions-worldwide-by-compound/
MIT Joint Program on the Science and Policy of Global Change, Air pollutant emissions worldwide from 2015 to 2050, by compound (in million metric tons) Statista, https://www.statista.com/statistics/1014091/air-pollutants-emissions-worldwide-by-compound/ (last visited February 26, 2020)
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