May 23 (Reuters) - Greenhouse gas emissions by countries in the Group of Eight, which will hold a meeting of environment ministers in Kobe, Japan, from May 24-26 to plan a summit in July.

Emissions fell in every country except Russia in 2006, according to submissions to the U.N. Climate Change Secretariat compiled by Reuters. For story related to the data, please click on [ID:nL23430633]

2006 2005 2000 1990 2006/2005 2006/1990

(million tonnes CO2 equivalent) (pct change) U.S. 7,017.3 7,106.6 7,002.6 6,135.2 -1.3 +14.4 Russia 2,190.4 2,123.5 2,038.4 3,326.4 +3.1 -34.2 Japan 1,340.1 1,358.1 1,348.3 1,272.1 -1.3 +5.3 Germany 1,004.8 1,005.0 1,019.5 1,227.7 -0.02 -18.2 Canada 721 734 718 592 -1.9 +22.0 Britain 655.8 658.7 673.8 772.0 -0.4 -15.0 France 541.3 555.1 555.6 563.3 -2.5 -3.9 Italy 567.9 577.9 552.3 516.9 -1.7 +9.9 TOTALS 14,038.6 14,118.9 13,908.5 14,408.7 -0.6 -2.6

(Sources: national submissions to U.N. Climate Change Secretariat except for Canada, from Environment Canada) -- For Reuters latest environment blogs click on: http://blogs.reuters.com/environment/ (Editing by Richard Balmforth)

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