Carbon dioxide emissions continue to grow amidst slowly emerging climate policies

G. P. Peters (1) , R. M. Andrew (1) , J. G. Canadell (2) , P. Friedlingstein (3) , R. B. Jackson (4) , J. I. Korsbakken (1) , C. Le Quéré (5) , A. Peregon (6, 7)

1 CICERO - Center for International Climate and Environmental Research [Oslo]
2 CSIRO - Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organisation [Canberra]
3 EMPS - College of Engineering, Mathematics and Physical Sciences [Exeter]
4 ESS - Department of Earth System Science [Stanford]
5 Tyndall Centre for Climate Change Research
6 LSCE - Laboratoire des Sciences du Climat et de l'Environnement [Gif-sur-Yvette]
7 ISSA - Institute of Soil Science and Agrochemistry

A failure to recognize the factors behind continued emissions growth could limit the world's ability to shift to a pathway consistent with 1.5 °C or 2 °C of global warming. Continued support for low-carbon technologies needs to be combined with policies directed at phasing out the use of fossil fuels.

Domains: Sciences of the Universe [physics]; Earth Sciences; Climatology; Environmental Sciences

G. P. Peters, R. M. Andrew, J. G. Canadell, P. Friedlingstein, R. B. Jackson, et al.. Carbon dioxide emissions continue to grow amidst slowly emerging climate policies. Nature Climate Change, 2020, 10, pp.3-6. ⟨10.1038/s41558-019-0659-6⟩. ⟨insu-03660271⟩