A country's "carbon intensity" is a measure of the efficiency of its economic output with respect to its carbon dioxide emissions. It's said in this passage that countries with low carbon intensity, release a small amount of carbon dioxide into the atmosphere when compared to their economic output. Their economies are considered to be comparatively "clean". Industrialization has tended initially to develop through industries with high carbon dioxide emissions, such as shipping, steal, and manufacturing. Only as an economy matured, with the growth of hi-tech industries, and the use of more efficient technology to process natural resources, has high economic output become associated with less pollution. l learned that economic growth can be achieved with lower greenhouse gases, and the implementation of the policies to force corporations to be environmentally responsive are essential. While i was reading there was a chart under the passage and it shows the trends in carbon intensity from the year of 1993 up until the year 2003. It tells that Kazakhstan has the most amount of carbon dioxide emitted from the burning of fossil fuels per $1,000GDP. It also saids that China is currently being pressed to make energy and infrastructure investment, as its economy is set to quadruple in size by the next eleven years. If the emission of these countries are to be reduced even while economies grow, more efficient technology needs to be introduced. Claude Mandil from the International Energy Agency saids "There is an urgent need to consider ways to accelerate the decoupling of energy and carbon dioxide from economic growth.Picture from Google.com
