{"id":653,"date":"2008-09-29T11:51:30","date_gmt":"2008-09-29T16:51:30","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blogs.edf.org\/climate411\/2008\/09\/29\/2007_emissions\/"},"modified":"2008-09-29T11:53:04","modified_gmt":"2008-09-29T16:53:04","slug":"2007_emissions","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.edf.org\/climate411\/2008\/09\/29\/2007_emissions\/","title":{"rendered":"Carbon Dioxide Emissions Up 3 Percent in 2007"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"http:\/\/environmentaldefense.org\/page.cfm?tagID=985\" title=\"James Wang's profile\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/blogs.edf.org\/climate411\/wp-content\/blogs.dir\/7\/files\/2008\/09\/james_wang.jpg\" alt=\"James Wang's profile\" hspace=\"8\" align=\"left\" class=\"blogAuthorPic\" \/><\/a><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/blogs.edf.org\/climate411\/wp-content\/blogs.dir\/7\/files\/2008\/09\/2007_emissions_250px1.jpg\" alt=\"2007 Emissions\" align=\"right\" hspace=\"8\" class=\"blogImgRight\" \/>Last Thursday, the Global Carbon Project released its annual report on the state of the carbon cycle, <a href=\"http:\/\/www.globalcarbonproject.org\/global\/pdf\/GCP_CarbonBudget_2007.pdf\" target=\"_blank\">Carbon Budget 2007 [PDF]<\/a>. It emphasizes (as we reported earlier this year) that <a href=\"https:\/\/blogs.edf.org\/climate411\/2008\/05\/01\/ghg_rise_accelerating\/\">CO<sub>2<\/sub> levels are continuing upward, and the rate of increase is accelerating<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>One reason for the acceleration in CO<sub>2<\/sub> concentrations is higher fossil fuel emissions. Despite rising fuel prices, global CO<sub>2<\/sub> emissions from fossil fuels rose 3 percent in 2007. That&#8217;s just slightly below the average increase of 3.5 percent per year since 2000.<\/p>\n<p><!--more--><\/p>\n<p>The rate of increase for emissions lies at the upper end of the range projected by the IPCC, suggesting that we&#8217;re headed towards the most disruptive scenarios they envision. <a href=\"https:\/\/blogs.edf.org\/climate411\/2008\/06\/06\/republicans_block_action\/\">Action to stop climate change<\/a> is urgent.<\/p>\n<p>Check out the full report for details on what factors account for the increase. Also, the <a href=\"http:\/\/dotearth.blogs.nytimes.com\/2008\/09\/26\/co2-flow-speeds-up-poor-countries-now-lead\/\">Dot Earth<\/a> and <a href=\"http:\/\/climateprogress.org\/2008\/09\/25\/global-carbon-emissions-jumped-3-in-2007\/\">Climate Progress<\/a> blogs have interesting takes on the report.<\/p>\n<p><i>This post is by <a href=\"http:\/\/environmentaldefense.org\/page.cfm?tagID=985\">James Wang, Ph.D.<\/a>, a climate scientist at Environmental Defense Fund.<\/i><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Last Thursday, the Global Carbon Project released its annual report on the state of the carbon cycle, Carbon Budget 2007 [PDF]. It emphasizes (as we reported earlier this year) that CO2 levels are continuing upward, and the rate of increase is accelerating. 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