According to the latest data from the World Bank, the estimated carbon dioxide (CO2) emissions produced by the burning of fossil fuels and the manufacture of cement in all countries mapped in this atlas was 4,101,932 kilotonnes (kt) in 2009. The largest share of this (about a fifth) was produced by Germany, followed by the United Kingdom (11.57%) and Italy (9.77%). However, when taking the total population of each state into account, Luxembourg has the highest level of emissions (20.3 metric tonnes per capita), followed by the Czech Republic and the Netherlands (10.3), while the lowest levels are observed in Albania (0.9), Turkey (3.9), Hungary, Croatia and Montenegro (each 4.9). The estimated level of world emissions of carbon dioxide is 4.7 metric tonnes per capita, while in the European Union it is 7.2 metric tonnes per capita.

Only in Albania and Turkey are emissions found to be lower than the global average. Lower levels of pollution are found only in areas where there is both very little highly polluting industry and where individual levels of material consumption are lower. Across all of Europe there is now an aim to reduce carbon dioxide pollution.

This map shows the estimated emissions from agricultural biomass burning, industrial activities and livestock management across Europe. According to data from the World Bank, these were estimated to be approximately 324,884.90 kt of carbon dioxide equivalent. Germany has the largest volume (13% of the total), followed by France, Turkey, Poland and the United Kingdom.