News on the climate change front has been uniformly bad, but finally a bit of good news: there is reason to think that in 2014, CO2 emissions were the same as in 2013, while the world economy grew by 3.3%.
http://www.economist.com/news/science-and-technology/21646716-ray-hope-debate-about-climate-change-flatlining / carbon dioxide emissions rose world level of economic activity low-carbon energy International Energy Agency IEA energy consumption consuming rich countries worldwide emissions carbon dioxide 2014 2013 CO2 emissions falling fallen economic contraction world economy growth grown International Monetary Fund IMF emissions risen European Union GDP CO2 emissions energy use GDP rich countries energy developed developing countries IEA’s regulations pollution European Union EU household appliances household electricity use flat efficiency standards requirements European law IEA vehicle emission efficiency standard fuel-efficiency global improvement USA America vehicle emission standards coal-fired gas-fired power stations economic activity China world’s largest polluter manufacturing heavy industry decline share of GDP services increase demand for coal is dwindling China’s national bureau of statistics coal consumption fell by pushing CO2 emissions down flattening of global emissions carbon dioxide atmosphere standard measurement atmospheric CO2 concentration Mauna Loa observatory in Hawaii growth dormancy great forests northern hemisphere 400 parts per million emissions stay flat temperature rise 3°C by 2100 pre-industrial levels 2°C emissions fall climate-change treaty global carbon price negotiation new climate treaty Fatih Birol IEA’s chief economist /
