Global CO₂ emissions from fossil fuels will reach a record high in 2024, increasing by 0.8%.
Transmits to UNN with reference to Global Carbon Project.
The Global Carbon Report for 2024 predicts that fossil carbon dioxide (CO2) emissions will reach 37.4 billion metric tons, up 0.8% from 2023.
The researchers also add that projected emissions associated with land use changes, such as deforestation, are expected to reach 41.6 billion tons (+2.5%). According to the Global Carbon Project, total CO₂ emissions have reached a plateau over the past decade.
At the current rate, there is a 50% chance that warming will exceed 1.5°C compared to pre-industrial levels.
Researchers' comments
Prof. Corinne Le Quere, Royal Society Fellow at the UEA School of Environmental Sciences.
Time is running out to meet the goals of the Paris Agreement, and world leaders meeting at COP29 must ensure rapid and deep cuts in fossil fuel emissions to give us a chance to stay well below 2°C of warming compared to pre-industrial levels
Dr. Glen Peters of the CICERO Center for International Climate Research in Oslo said: “There are many signs of positive progress at the country level, and there is a sense that a peak in global fossil CO2 emissions is imminent, but a global peak remains elusive.