Global greenhouse gas emissions may fall this year

Thanks mainly to changes in China, the worldwide growth in emissions flattened in 2014 and is set to drop slightly this year, said the study.

“Time will tell whether this surprising interruption in emissions growth is transitory or a first step towards emissions stabilization”, the study points out.

But what makes the last couple of years most “unusual”, they say, is that emissions are declining while the global economy is actually growing. We all are aware that C02 is one of the greenhouse gases that contribute to global warming.

After a year of discouraging climate emissions milestones were reached, this is some encouraging news. Satellite data indicate warmer climate conditions resulting from rising atmospheric carbon dioxide may increase stress in plant water, counteracting any positive effect of carbon dioxide.

The report also shows the contribution of Australia to the global carbon emissions. “What we found in these past two years has not really been observed before”, he said. “CO2 will keep marching upwards”. But when asked if he trusts Chinese official emissions reporting figures, Peters paused for a long time and said, “You certainly have your doubts”. Yet the current emissions path is not consistent with stabilising the climate at a level below 2℃ global warming. Researchers predict that, if the trend continues, the rate will be further slowed down by another 0.6 percent, Reuters reported. While it is encouraging that the carbon emissions appear to have fallen, it will be several more years before this announcement is put into true perspective. However, the return of the world s views on global energy production according to the report, coal Since 2000, oil, natural gas usage is slowly increasing, though, but stands out as it added rapidly renewable energy.

Still, the new finding is likely to be a major boon for those advocating for concerted action to mitigate climate change in the face of skeptics who argue that reducing carbon emissions must come at the expense of economic health.

“. many studies suggest a temperature increase of 3°C is now possible and even likely without larger emissions reductions”, states the Global Carbon Project report.

“India’s emissions are now exactly what China’s were in 1990”, Jackson said. “What I think it’s a sign of is, that we may be moving away from the very fast growth in emissions over the past 15 years, to a slower growth in global emissions”.

“Reaching zero emissions will require long-term commitments from countries attending the climate meeting in Paris this week and beyond”, Jackson concluded.

“They’re trying to push the economy to be driven more by consumption-driven growth, and less by heavy industry and construction”, the researcher said.

The 2009 Copenhagen Accord tried to remedy this with developed countries pledging to mobilize $100 billion per year of new aid by 2020 – although funding at this scale is proving to be hard. But if it is, “we may be in the early stages of revolutionary change” mostly thanks to renewable energy.

But they expect the stall to be temporary and for emissions to grow again as emerging economies develop.