Is Switzerland a good example?
Five tonnes of CO2 reach the atmosphere per global inhabitant and year. This figure should not exceed a tonne to ensure a stable climate. Each Swiss resident produces eleven tonnes.
Each Swiss resident causes around eleven tonnes of CO2 per year, putting him or her within the European average. However, a cross comparison shows that Swiss do better than Americans, who produce about 20 tonnes per person. And yet people in Switzerland still generate much too much CO2, compared to a country such as India, where each human being causes no more than about 1.2 tonnes annually.
The Swiss figure is also above the global average, which is five tonnes per person. And even that is too much: the earth can absorb only about one tonne per person and year – every gram more disturbs the balance and heats the climate.
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