Global carbon dioxide (CO2) emissions are set to rise again
in 2012, reaching a record high of 35.6 billion tonnes - according to new
figures from the Global Carbon Project, co-led by researchers from the Tyndall
Centre for Climate Change Research at the University of East Anglia (UEA).
The 2.6 per cent rise projected for 2012 means global
emissions from burning fossil fuel are 58 per cent above 1990 levels, the
baseline year for the Kyoto Protocol.
This latest analysis by the Global Carbon Project is
published today in the journal Nature Climate Change with full data released
simultaneously by the journal Earth System Science Data Discussions.