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J. Geogr. Sci. (2008) 18: 387-399 DOI: 10.1007/s11442-008-0387-8 © 2008 Science in China Press Springer-Verlag A quantitative comparison and analysis on the assessment indicators of greenhouse gases emission 1 1,2 1 ZHANG Zhiqiang , QU Jiansheng , ZENG Jingjing 1. Scientific Information Center for Resources and Environment, Lanzhou Branch Library of National Science Library, CAS, Lanzhou 730000, China; 2. MOE Key Laboratory of Western Environmental Systems, Lanzhou University, Lanzhou 730000, China Abstract: Anthropogenic greenhouse gases (GHG) emission and related global warming is- sues have been the focus of international communities for some time. The international communities have reached a consensus to reduce anthropogenic GHG emissions and re- strain global warming. The quantitative assessment of anthropogenic GHG emissions is the scientific basis to find out the status of global GHG emission, identify the commitments of each country, and arrange the international efforts of GHG emission reduction. Currently the main assessment indicators for GHG emission include national indicator, per capita indicator, per GDP indicator, and international trade indicator etc. The introduction to the above indi- cators is put forward and their merits and demerits are analyzed. Based on the GHG emission data from the World Resource Institute (WRI), the US Energy Information Administration (EIA), and the Carbon Dioxide Information Analysis Center (CDIAC), the results of each indictor are calculated for the world, for the eight G8 industrialized countries (USA, UK, Canada, Japan, Germany, France, Italy and Russia), and the five major developing countries including China, Brazil, India, South Africa and Mexico. The paper points out that all these indicators have some limitations.