Who has the biggest carbon footprint of all?

Oxfam Scotland campaigners have exposed differences in the carbon footprints of different countries outside the Scottish Parliament. Campaigners raised concerns following the publication of the Scottish Climate Change Bill that no limits are being put on carbon trading, which could leave developing countries taking responsibility for Scottish carbon pollution. Campaigners are worried that the Scottish Bill currently leaves an open door for ministers to meet carbon targets by paying non polluting countries not to raise their carbon emissions.

Artist Lucy Turner drew to scale the carbon footprints of: the US, Russia, Australia, Scotland, Bangladesh, Uganda and Mali. Campaigners are stressing the difference between country polluters and non-polluters.

Oxfam Scotland's Policy Officer, Michael Marra said, "What we see represents a 'walk of shame' which shows the huge differences in the carbon emissions between the world's richest and poorest countries. We have largely welcomed the Scottish Climate Change Bill but it is vital that the Scottish Government does not ask developing countries to bear the burden of our responsibilities.

"As countries from all over the world negotiate on a global climate deal in Poland, Oxfam is urging that the Climate Bill that we put in place in Scotland will let us take the first urgent steps to a low carbon future for the country. In doing so we will be sending a clear message that Scotland wants to create a world where we care about how climate is impacting not only at home but also on the world's poorest people. "

Artist Lucy Turner added, "As an artist it is amazing to draw out the huge difference in the carbon emissions of different countries and realise that some are so tiny they are practically impossible to draw and others are so big that it takes quite a while to get them done. I hope that these drawing make people stop and think about climate issues and support people who cannot always make their voices heard but who are feeling the full force of climate change already. "