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The European Union signed on to the UN Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC) as a single party, and is therefore considered to be one of the world’s top greenhouse gas emitters. Which of the following are currently the world’s top five greenhouse gas emitters?

  1. United States, China, European Union, Russia and India

  2. United States, China, European Union, Russia and Japan

  3. United States, Mexico, European Union, China and India

  4. United States, Brazil, European Union, Russia and Canada
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The world's top five greenhouse gas emitters are consistently China, the United States, the European Union, Russia, and India (in varying orders). India ranks 5th but emissions are growing rapidly. Japan, Mexico, Brazil, and Canada are not in the top five.

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