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1. University of East Anglia research shows record high for global carbon emissions
Mon Dec 3, 2012, 07:50 PM
Dec 2012
https://www.uea.ac.uk/mac/comm/media/press/2012/December/global-carbon-emissions
[font face=Serif][font size=5]University of East Anglia research shows record high for global carbon emissions[/font]

Sun, 2 Dec 2012

[font size=4]Global carbon dioxide (CO2) emissions are set to rise again in 2012, reaching a record high of 35.6 billion tonnes - according to new figures from the Global Carbon Project, co-led by researchers from the Tyndall Centre for Climate Change Research at the University of East Anglia (UEA).[/font]

[font size=3]The 2.6 per cent rise projected for 2012 means global emissions from burning fossil fuel are 58 per cent above 1990 levels, the baseline year for the Kyoto Protocol.

This latest analysis by the Global Carbon Project is published today in the journal Nature Climate Change with full data released simultaneously by the journal Earth System Science Data Discussions.

It shows the biggest contributors to global emissions in 2011 were China (28 per cent), the United States (16 per cent), the European Union (11 per cent), and India (7 per cent).

Emissions in China and India grew by 9.9 and 7.5 per cent in 2011, while those of the United States and the European Union decreased by 1.8 and 2.8 per cent.



http://vimeo.com/54621060

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