Global carbon dioxide emissions from burning coal, oil and gas have reached a new record and are set to rise at a faster rate in 2023 than the 10-year average, according to new research that highlights how the goals of the Paris agreement to limit global warming are increasingly in jeopardy.
The emissions are estimated to grow 1.1 per cent this year, with an uncertainty range of up to 2.1 per cent, research from the Center for International Climate Research (Cicero) showed. This compares with an average growth rate of 0.5 per cent a year over the past decade.
Scientists say emissions must fall by almost half in the next seven years to have any hope of meeting the Paris accord goal of limiting the global temperature rise to ideally no more than 1.5C above pre-industrial levels.