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This week Bunker Index will be publishing a series of articles in the build up to the United Nations Climate Change Conference, due to be held between December 7 and December 18, 2009.

In today's article Bunker Index has provided a breakdown of global CO2 emissions from marine bunkers according to recent data published by the International Energy Agency (IEA).

According to the data (in millions of tonnes of CO2), CO2 emissions from marine fuels worldwide have increased from 344.5 million tonnes in 1971 to 610.4 million tonnes in 2007, representing an increase of 265.9 million tonnes, or 77.2 percent, over this 36-year period.

A table with the data has been included below. CO2 emissions from marine fuels have also been compared against global emissions during the same period.

Year	Marine Fuels	+/- (%)	Global	Marine Fuels (%)
2007	610.4	5.1	28962	2.1
2006	580.6	5.6	28028	2.1
2005	549.7	5.4	27147	2.0
2004	521.7	12.0	26336	2.0
2003	466	2.5	25110	1.9
2002	454.8	3.6	24067	1.9
2001	439	-5.8	23664	1.9
2000	466	2.1	23497	2.0
1999	456.6	7.2	22954	2.0
1998	425.8	0.9	22813	1.9
1997	421.8	3.7	22684	1.9
1996	406.9	1.2	22492	1.8
1995	402	3.2	21810	1.8
1994	389.7	1.2	21254	1.8
1993	384.9	-3.0	21131	1.8
1992	396.9	7.2	21046	1.9
1991	370.4	3.8	21146	1.8
1990	356.9	11.0	20981	1.7
1989	321.5	-0.1	20711	1.6
1988	321.8	5.2	20318	1.6
1987	305.8	-1.5	19620	1.6
1986	310.6	6.5	18976	1.6
1985	291.7	8.4	18628	1.6
1984	269.2	1.2	18327	1.5
1983	265.9	-6.8	17744	1.5
1982	285.4	-10.3	17634	1.6
1981	318	-7.6	17821	1.8
1980	344	-2.1	18055	1.9
1979	351.4	3.3	18208	1.9
1978	340.2	0.5	17658	1.9
1977	338.5	-0.1	17119	2.0
1976	338.7	3.1	16527	2.0
1975	328.6	-7.3	15691	2.1
1974	354.5	-6.9	15614	2.3
1973	380.8	5.7	15640	2.4
1972	360.4	4.6	14784	2.4
1971	344.5	---	14095	2.4

[Table: CO2 emissions in millions of tonnes]

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