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Adjusted savings: carbon dioxide damage

Cost of damage due to carbon dioxide emissions from fossil fuel use and the manufacture of cement, estimated to be US$40 per ton of CO2 (the unit damage in 2017 US dollars for CO2 emitted in 2020) times the number of tons of CO2 emitted.

Latest, 2021US$977.7McurrentAnnual release · Not updated
vs 2020+18.6%US$824.0M current
High since 1990US$977.7Mcurrent2021 · World Bank
Low since 1990US$47.6Mcurrent1990 · World Bank

Over time

US$ million current2012 - 2021

Recent years

  1. 2021US$977.7Mcurrent+18.6%
  2. 2020US$824.0Mcurrent+4.6%
  3. 2019US$787.4Mcurrent+9.7%
  4. 2018US$717.8Mcurrent+15.8%
  5. 2017US$620.0Mcurrent−1.3%
  6. 2016US$628.1Mcurrent+10.5%
  7. 2015US$568.2Mcurrent+21.0%
  8. 2014US$469.7Mcurrent+11.8%
Full table
PeriodValue
2021US$977.7 M current
2020US$824.0 M current
2019US$787.4 M current
2018US$717.8 M current
2017US$620.0 M current
2016US$628.1 M current
2015US$568.2 M current
2014US$469.7 M current
2013US$420.2 M current
2012US$377.5 M current
2011US$350.2 M current
2010US$326.9 M current
2009US$327.3 M current
2008US$301.7 M current
2007US$319.6 M current
2006US$282.5 M current
2005US$268.3 M current
2004US$237.2 M current
2003US$221.5 M current
2002US$211.0 M current
2001US$190.4 M current
2000US$174.9 M current
1999US$145.6 M current
1998US$141.9 M current
1997US$108.4 M current
1996US$98.5 M current
1995US$97.1 M current
1994US$79.5 M current
1993US$71.7 M current
1992US$64.7 M current
1991US$51.6 M current
1990US$47.6 M current