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How the Coronavirus Pandemic Is Affecting CO2 Emissions

The spreading virus has caused a dip in global greenhouse gas emissions. Reasons include a temporary blow to industrial activities in China, falling demand for ...

Fifth National Climate Assessment

Rapidly reducing greenhouse gas emissions can limit future warming and associated increases in many risks. Across the country, efforts to adapt to climate ...

CO2 emissions declines from lockdowns will not solve the climate ...

Emissions may be down, but carbon dioxide still piles up relentlessly in the atmosphere. It's more important than ever to find climate change solutions, ...

Why are fossil fuels so hard to quit? - Brookings Institution

We now understand that the release of carbon dioxide (CO2) from burning fossil fuels is warming our planet faster than anything we have seen in the geological ...

U.S. Carbon Emissions Back on the Rise After Pandemic Gave Hope

This rise in emissions, the group noted, is particularly distressing as it outpaced the overall rate of economic growth in the U.S. in 2021. On ...

Climate change mitigation: reducing emissions

Reducing and avoiding our emissions requires us to reshape everything we do — from how we power our economy and grow our food, to how we travel ...

Greenhouse gas emissions - Canada.ca

The 7.1% decrease in GHG emissions between 2005 and 2022 was mainly a result of emission reductions from the electricity and heavy industry ...

Scientists thought carbon emissions had peaked. They've never ...

Near the end of 2020, as the covid-19 pandemic continued to rage, a few climate scientists and energy experts made a prediction.

Post-growth: A viable path to limiting global warming to 1.5°C

Yet the impact of this event on the global temperature trajectory proved to be small, as only two years later, emissions exceeded pre-pandemic ...

Methane emissions are rising faster than ever - ScienceDaily

Atmospheric concentrations of methane are now more than 2.6 times higher than in pre-industrial times -- the highest ...

The pandemic barely dented the huge rise in carbon emissions ...

While burning fossil fuels make up more than 90% of all global emissions, a significant part is also made up of shifts in land use. When a ...

Progress in reducing emissions 2024 Report to Parliament

Surface transport emissions fell slightly, despite overall vehicle-kilometres increasing. This represents the first time that the uptake of ...

Greenhouse gas emissions threaten to quickly surge past pre ...

New data from the International Energy Agency (IEA) paints a dismal outlook; while global emissions fell by about 6 percent as energy demand ...

China - Climate Action Tracker

Under current policies, emissions in 2030 have increased by 0.5-1.6% from the previous assessment, making it more difficult to reach long-term carbon neutrality ...

Methane emissions are rising faster than ever - EurekAlert!

The world has not hit the brakes on methane emissions, a powerful driver of climate change. More than 150 nations have pledged to slash by ...

Global Carbon Budget 2023 - ESSD Copernicus

The concentration of carbon dioxide (CO2) in the atmosphere has increased from approximately 278 parts per million (ppm) in 1750 (Gulev et al., ...

Climate change - World Health Organization (WHO)

Between 2030 and 2050, climate change is expected to cause approximately 250 000 additional deaths per year from malnutrition, malaria, diarrhoea and heat ...

Greenhouse gas emissions news, articles and features | New Scientist

Drought, fires and fossil fuels push CO2 emissions to a record high. News. Free. Environment. Carbon emissions are now growing faster than before the pandemic.

Experts Say the 'New Normal' in 2025 Will Be Far More Tech-Driven ...

Worries: As the global pandemic unfolds, experts fear growing social ... better carbon footprint; less middle management. There will be ...

U.S. Greenhouse Gas Emissions Bounced Back Sharply in 2021

“If anything, last year's rebound in emissions was lower than it could have been because the pandemic is still causing disruptions and the ...