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"As the federal Coalition pitches what it says is the “Australian way” of
lowering emissions, a new global report details how China’s way has transformed
it into a global economic powerhouse, and delivered significant milestones on
pollution reduction.
The Global Carbon Project (GCP), headquartered in Australia at CSIRO, has
released its annual
Global Carbon Budget, including an estimate of greenhouse
gas emissions from key sources, broken down by sector and country.
Results this year are mixed, with the latest data showing that carbon emissions
look likely to rise again very slightly in 2025 – putting the world on a
trajectory that could hit the 1.5°C warming limit within just four years.
The report projects emissions from fossil fuel use – which account for about 90
per cent of all emissions – will rise by 1.1 per cent in 2025, reaching 42.2
billion tonnes in the atmosphere, although emissions from land-use are expected
to decrease.
But there are some bright spots, including that emissions in China – currently
the world’s biggest polluter, responsible for 32 per cent of global emissions –
are likely have reached a peak, or at least started to plateau.
“We’ve certainly been very pleased to see a confirmation of incredibly slow
[emissions] growth in China,” said Pep Canadell, GCP executive director and
chief research scientist at CSIRO, in a briefing ahead of the report’s release.
“I think that from the China point of view, the peak emissions that we talk
about – and it could be a plateau more than a peak – it is really about to
happen, if it’s not really happening already,” Canadell said."
Cheers,
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mailto:xanni@xanadu.net Andrew Pam
http://xanadu.com.au/ Chief Scientist, Xanadu
https://glasswings.com.au/ Partner, Glass Wings
https://sericyb.com.au/ Manager, Serious Cybernetics
