Numbers of the week – 4 and 5

In a recent study by the Overseas Development Institute, Germany ranks 4^th and the UK ranks 5^th in the group of countries leading in subsidising fossil fuels. The top 11 rich-country emitters (E11) spent $74 billion on subsidies in 2011. Importantly, each of the 11.6 billion tonnes of carbon emitted from the E11 countries in 2010 came with an average subsidy of $7 a tonne – around $112 for every adult in the E11.  How we could use that money for sustainable energy!