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Global carbon dioxide emissions increase to new all-time record, but growth slowing down
2014-12-17 23:04:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
ScienceDaily: 2013 saw global CO2 emissions from fossil fuel use and cement production reach a new all-time high. This was mainly due to the continuing steady increase in energy use in emerging economies over the past ten years. However, emissions increased at a notably slower rate (2%) than on average in the last ten years (3.8% per year since 2003, excluding the credit crunch years). This slowdown, which began in 2012, signals a further decoupling of global emissions and economic growth, which reflects mainly...
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