The Woods Institute is now part of the Stanford Doerr School of Sustainability
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
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