Global CO2 emissions reach record levels - scientists
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Global CO2 emissions are projected to reach a record 36.8 billion tons in 2023, up 1.1% from the previous year, despite international targets to limit global warming. Scientists warn at COP28 that current efforts are not enough to reverse the upward trend.
Global emissions of of climate-damaging CO2 from fossil fuels such as coal and gas are set to reach record levels in 2023 will reach record levels, and the measures taken are not enough to reverse the the trend. This was reported by scientists from the Global Carbon Project, according to UNN.
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Center for International Center for International Climate and Environmental Research (CICERO) in a new report Global Carbon Project, which brings together more than 120 scientists and 95 organizations from around the world, reports that the world, reports that CO2 emissions from fossil fuels will increase again this year. will increase again this year. The report was presented today at the COP28 climate conference in Dubai. in Dubai.
According to to the researchers' forecast, in 2023, 36.8 billion tons of CO2 will be emitted worldwide. tons of CO2, which is 1.1% more than in the previous year. This is in addition to the CO2 emissions from land use, which are mainly caused by deforestation. These emissions are expected to reach 4.1 billion tons of CO2 in 2023.
It is expected that CO2 emissions from oil use are also expected to increase by 1.5%, mainly due to emissions from aviation and land transportation in China, although these emissions are still below pre-pandemic levels. pre-pandemic levels. Meanwhile, natural gas emissions are expected to increase very slightly, by about 0.5%, but could also remain the same or even decrease. While natural gas use in China has increased, in the European Union, it has decreased due to Russia's invasion of Ukraine and and subsequent military actions.
In any any case, these figures contradict the goal of the international community to limit global warming to 1.5 degrees Celsius compared to pre-industrial levels. If emissions continue to grow as they have been, the remaining carbon budget to to meet the 1.5-degree limit will be exhausted in seven years. This is what says Julia Pongratz from Ludwig Maximilians University of Munich, who is a co-author of the report.
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According to the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, since the 1800s the Earth's temperature has already risen by just over 1 degree Celsius, or 2 degrees Fahrenheit. The more carbon we release into the atmosphere, the more the average temperature of the Earth will increase. According to NASA, the last nine years have been the warmest on record, at least since modern observations began in 1880. modern observations began in 1880.
It should be noted that even the to note that even the pandemic has not been able to stop the overall increase in CO2 emissions. From a global point of view, the trends in climate-damaging greenhouse gas emissions are not change, Handelsblatt writes.
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