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MARCH 18, 2017

This was the result of growing renewable power generation, switches from coal to natural gas, improvements in energy efficiency, as well as structural changes in the global economy. The biggest drop came from the United States, where carbon dioxide emissions fell 3%, or 160 million tonnes, while the economy grew by 1.6%.

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Economy 2016 Global Emissions 199

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JANUARY 16, 2013

Reducing emissions from diesel engines and domestic wood and coal fires is a no-brainer, as there are tandem health and climate benefits. —co-author Professor Piers Forster from the University of Leeds’s School of Earth and Environment in the United Kingdom.

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Climate Change Climate Carbon CO2 286

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FEBRUARY 28, 2009

Researchers from Norway, the United Kingdom, and the United States, estimated in the study that China’s 2005 carbon emissions were 80.59% or more higher than 2002 emissions. “ Hubacek (2009), Journey to world top emitter: An analysis of the driving forces of China's recent CO2 emissions surge, Geophys. Guan et al.

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2002 2005 Emissions Carbon 170

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JULY 5, 2011

The past decade was the first in two centuries with increasing CO2 emissions intensities, owing to a “coal revival”, in contrast with the rapid conversion to natural gas in the 1990s. These trends, which are diametrically opposed to declared greenhouse gas mitigation goals and targets, are by no means limited to emerging economies.

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Global Energy Green Coal 338

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NOVEMBER 13, 2011

In the 450 Scenario, oil demand falls between 2010 and 2035 as a result of strong policy action to limit carbon-dioxide (CO2) emissions; oil demand peaks before 2020 at just below 90 mb/d and declines to 78 mb/d by the end of the projection period, over 8 mb/d, or almost 10%, below 2010 levels. —WEO 2011. Other Findings from WEO 2011.

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Oil Transportation Cheap Fleet 247

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APRIL 29, 2009

Shown are fossil CO2 emissions (top panel) and corresponding global warming (bottom panel). The researchers, involving scientists from Germany, the United Kingdom and Switzerland, concluded that the limit is 1,000 billion tonnes of carbon dioxide between the years 2000 and 2050. Meinshausen et al. 2009) Click to enlarge.

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Climate Change Global Climate Fuel 150