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Carbon dioxide levels now 61% higher than 1990
2014-01-04 20:09:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
RTCC: Global carbon dioxide emissions are likely to hit 36 billion tonnes in 2013, according to new research from the University of East Anglia in the UK. This is a small rise an estimated 2.1% -- on 2012, but it will be 61% above the levels in 1990, which is the baseline year for the Kyoto Protocol. The Kyoto Protocol was agreed by most of the worlds concerned nations, anxious to reduce carbon dioxide emissions and contain warming to a global average of 2°C. So the 2013 carbon budget is not being...
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