Line Graph of Canada's Policy-as-usual Emissions Projection and the Kyoto Protocol

This line graph has years as its horizontal axis, with values ranging from 1990 to 2015; and a vertical axis representing carbon dioxide emissions in millions of tonnes, with values ranging from 450 to 850. The emissions for 1990 are 601 million tonnes; in 1996 they rose to 682, and they reached 694 by the year 2000. This graph shows that by 2010, without any changes in policy, the emission total would rise to 764 million tonnes. However, according to the Kyoto Protocol, the emissions should drop to 565 million tonnes, which is about 199 million tonnes or 26% below the policy-as-usual projected value.