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How the world's carbon-emissions "centre of gravity" has shifted over the last 200 years

In a novel use of graphics, the Guardian's visualization team has used published data to calculate how the historical average "centre of responsibility" for the world's rising atmospheric CO2 levels has shifted across the planet through time, from the UK at the dawn of the Industrial Revolution, to the US and then to China: https://www.theguardian.com/environment/ng-interactive/2021/oct/13/uk-us-china-how-the-worlds-carbon-centre-of-gravity-moved-over-200-years?CMP=Share_AndroidApp_Other

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