However, since dramatic economic growth, Iceland's emissions have increased significantly per capita.
King says great advances made, so why did emissions increase at a record rate in 2010?
China is therefore single-handedly responsible for over half the emissions increase since 1990.
Annual emissions from man-made sources have increased by between three and four times since 1950.
We contribute less than 2 per cent to the global total, while China's emissions alone increase by more than that every year.
Unless action is taken, emissions will increase, not fall.
Between 1990 and 2005, emissions from the European transport industry increased by 32%.
However, emissions in the transport sector have increased by almost 30%.
China's emissions increased by over 200% from 1990 to 2009.
Under the president's strategy, it's estimated that emissions will actually increase over the next decade.