Global fossil carbon emissions rebound near pre-COVID-19 levels
Robert B. Jackson, Pierre Friedlingstein, Corinne Le Quéré, Sam Abernethy, Robbie M. Andrew, Josep G. Canadell, Philippe Ciais, Steven J. Davis, Zhu Deng, Zhu Liu, Jan Ivar Korsbakken, Glen P. Peters
Abstract
Abstract Fossil CO 2 emissions in 2021 grew an estimated 4.2% (3.5%–4.8%) to 36.2 billion metric tons compared with 2020, pushing global emissions back close to 2019 levels (36.7 Gt CO 2 ).
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