Carbon emissions show sharp rise

The rise in humanity's emissions of carbon dioxide has accelerated sharply in the last half century, according to a new analysis carried out by the Global Carbon Project.

The Global Carbon Project found that carbon emissions were rising by less than 1% annually up to the year 2000, but are now rising at 2.5% per year.

The study found that the acceleration comes mainly from a rise in charcoal consumption and a lack of new energy efficiency gains.

9th December 2006

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