Alec Luhn at New Scientist:
Worldwide fossil fuel emissions are set to rise 1.1 per cent in 2025, reaching another record high as humanity burns hydrocarbons at ever greater rates, according to the annual Global Carbon Budget report.
In a positive sign, emissions from China, the world’s biggest emitter, appear to be levelling off, raising hopes that they may be reaching a peak and that global emissions might follow.
“We’re not yet in a situation where the emissions go down as rapidly as they need to to tackle climate change,” says Corinne Le Quéré at the University of East Anglia, UK, who worked on the report. “But at the same time there is a lot of positive evolution with China’s and India’s emissions growing less rapidly than before.”
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