Carbon dioxide emissions were stable for three years—2017 will see them rise

Carbon dioxide emissions are rising—again. 

After leveling off for three years, a report published Monday revealed that carbon dioxide emissions are expected to rise by the end of 2017 by about 2 percent. 

"Global carbon dioxide emissions appear to be going up strongly once again after a three-year stable period," said Corinne Le Quéré, a lead researcher of the 2017 Global Carbon Budget report and director of the Tyndall Centre for Climate Change Research at the University of East Anglia. "This is very disappointing."

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Source: Newsweek