CO2 emissions are crucial for increasing the greenhouse effect and with it the effects of climate change. According to a study presented today in the Marrakech climate summit (COP22) carried out by the project researchers The Global Carbon Project, CO2 emissions remain stable for the third consecutive year
As a result of industrial development, greenhouse gas emissions have increased, including CO2 the most. CO2 retains heat and that is why it increases the average temperatures of the planet. The study carried out affirms that it is thanks to reducing China's emissions the fact that they have been stable for three years.
Global CO2 emissions have only grown one 0,2% with respect to other years. It is the third year that the world has not experienced such a dramatic increase in emissions. During the first decade of the 2st century, CO3 emissions increased XNUMX% annually.
Glen peters He is one of the scientists who has led the project of CO2 emissions into the atmosphere and has affirmed that we are facing a situation in which the increase in emissions has finally been decoupled from economic development. It is still too early to affirm this position because global emissions, although stable, remain well above the threshold necessary to reduce the effects of climate change.
Since the industrial revolution, carbon emissions have been linked to economic growth. Developing countries do not emit as much carbon into the atmosphere. This tendency to link emissions with economic growth must be decoupled to combat climate change.
According to Peters, the stability of world emissions is due to their fall in China since 2012 due to lower economic growth and lower coal consumption. The Asian continent represents almost 30% of global CO2 emissions therefore its increase or decrease in the use of coal is a determining factor in the balance of global emissions.
It is intended and expected that with the Paris AgreementBoth USA like China reduce global emissions by reducing the use of coal and promoting renewable energy.