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The member states of the United Nations Economic Commission for Europe (UNECE) are some of the main emitters of greenhouse gases, with the EU, USA and Canada among others. The report Catalysing change - the UNECE response to the climate countdown, prepared for the COP15 climate conference in December 2009 summaries the activities among the UNECE members to mitigate and act on climate change. The UNECE counts 56 countries as members in Europe, North America, Central Asia, Caucasus and the Middle East - these are presented in this chart together with other regions and countries for comparison. In the chart, the bubbles are sized by area to reflect the absolute emissions. The lower presents the size of the economy, in GDP per inhabitant, while the upright axis covers carbon dioxide emissions in per inhabitant. All values are for 2007 or latest available year. From the chart, one can compare the relative wealth and emissions per capita, but also study the emissions per unit of economic output—countries lower and right have access to cleaner power sources, and releases fewer tons of CO₂ per US$, while countries up and left have a higher share of e.g. coal and oil for power and heat generation.