Figure 2
Annual per capita CO 2 emissions (metric tons) by geographic region, 1980-2006 [data extracted from http://www.eia.gov/iea/carbon.html]. Note that "Eurasia" is defined as the U.S.S.R. through 1991, and Russia plus the former Soviet states from 1992-2006. The shift in per capita emissions stems from the development of the former Soviet states into independent, sovereign nations.