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Global emissions hit record levels
Global CO2 emissions hit a record high of 31.6 gigatonnes in 2011. According to the International Energy Association (IEA) the new peak, which is 1Gt higher than the year before, threatens to scupper plans to prevent global warming.
The IEA has a climate change scenario which requires global CO2 emissions to reach a maximum of 32.6 Gt no later than 2017. This is necessary should we have a chance of limiting a 2°C global temperature increase needed to prevent disaster.
The 450 scenario is only 1Gt higher than last years emissions levels, painting a grim picture for the worlds climate ambitions.
IEA Chief Economist Fatih Birol said: The new data provide further evidence that the door to a 2°C trajectory is about to close....