Global Carbon Emissions Hit a Record High | Media Coverage

Findings outlined in three recently published papers led by Professor Rob Jackson find that while global fossil-fuel carbon dioxide emissions have slowed in growth, they will still hit a record high this year.

Published Studies

Global Carbon Budget 2019 | Earth System Science Data

Persistent Fossil Fuel Frowth Threatens the Paris Agreement and Planterary Health | Environmental Research Letters

Carbon Dioxide Emissions Continue to Grow Admist Slowly Emerging Climate Policies | Nature Climate Change

Press Release

Global Carbon Emissions Growth Slows, but Hits Record High

Opinion

Dec. 4, 2019 | What's 'Fair' When It Comes to Carbon Emissions? | The New York Times

Jan. 9, 2020 | Natural Gas Use Is Rising: Is that Good News or Bad News for the Climate? | Scientific American

Media Coverage

Dec. 3, 2019 | Carbon Dioxide Emissions Hit a Record in 2019, Even as Coal Fades | The New York Times

Dec. 3, 2019 | Global greenhouse gas emissions will hit yet another record high this year, experts project | The Washington Post

Dec. 3, 2019 | Q&A: Carbon emissions will reach record high in 2019, thanks to the burning of fossil fuels | Los Angeles Times

Dec. 3, 2019 | 5 Big Trends That Increased Earth’s Carbon Pollution | The Atlantic

Dec. 3, 2019 | Global carbon pollution continues to rise, but more slowly | AP News

Dec. 3, 2019 | Carbon Dioxide Emissions on Steady Upward Trend | VOA News

Dec. 3, 2019 | Global CO2 Emissions Due to Hit New Record by End of 2019, Scientists Warn | Newsweek

Dec. 3, 2019 | Climate-warming CO2 emissions will hit a record high in 2019 | ScienceNews

Dec. 3, 2019 | Global fossil fuel emissions just hit a record high | Fast Company 

Dec. 3, 2019 | Natural Gas Rush Drives a Global Rise in Fossil Fuel Emissions | Inside Climate News

Dec. 3, 2019 | Carbon Emissiosn Hit New Record in 2019 as Oil & Gas Use Surges | Courthouse News Service 

Dec. 3, 2019 | Carbon dioxide emissions are set to hit a record high this year (it's not fine, but not hopeless) | TechCrunch

Dec. 3, 2019 | Global carbon pollution continues to rise, but more slowly | ABC News

Dec. 4, 2019 | What's 'Fair' When It Comes to Carbon Emissions? | The New York Times

Dec. 4, 2019 | Coal isn't king, but the world also has a natural gas problem | Washington Examiner

Dec. 4, 2019 | Global emissions will hit another record high this year despite a slowdown in coal use | CNN 

Dec. 6, 2019 | Global Emissions To Hit 36.8 Billion Tonnes, Beating Last Year's Record High | Gizmodo

Dec. 15, 2019 |‘Any growth is more than we can afford’: Carbon dioxide pollution hits record high as planet warms | CNBC

Dec. 16, 2019 | One Planet: Global Carbon Emissions Hit A Record High In 2019 | KALW

Dec. 18, 2019 | Carbon dioxide pollution hits record high: so who's to blame? | Energy Matters

Dec. 18, 2019 | How Clean Is Natural Gas? | Oil Price

Jan. 5, 2020 | Book Review: 'No One is Too Small to Make a Difference' highlights immediacy of climate crisis | The Berkshire Edge

Jan. 28, 2020 | Is it too late to halt climate change? No, no, and no. | Big Think