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

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

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