Global Carbon Emissions Spiral Up

The Global Carbon Project, an international collaboration of researchers warned yesterday that global carbon emissions are spiralling out of control. Much of the increase can be attributed to the expansion of the Chinese economy and the resulting increased burning of fossil fuels to generate power and energy.

The rate of increase of emissions suggests it may soon be impossible to avoid the most catastrophic scenarios. Josep Canadell, executive director of the Global Carbon Project. "On our current path, we will find it extremely difficult to rein in carbon emissions enough to stabilise the atmospheric carbon dioxide concentration at 450ppm, and even 550ppm will be a challenge," he said. "At some point in the near future, we will miss the boat in terms of achieving acceptable levels." In other words we're going to be in deep do-do.
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