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Global carbon emissions rise
again to hit record high levels
Latest ?gures show strong and urgent action is needed to reverse the trend worldwide
By Stuart Qualtrough
lobal emissions of carbon
G dioxide from burning
fossil fuels are set to rise
again in 2013, reaching a record
high of 36 billion tonnes –
according to new ?gures from
the Global Carbon Project, co-led
by researchers from the Tyndall
Centre for Climate Change
Research at the University of
East Anglia (UEA).
The 2.1% rise projected for 2013
means global emissions from
burning fossil fuel are 61% above
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