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The Guardian - UK
The Guardian - UK
Environment
Fiona Harvey in Bonn

Global greenhouse gas emissions at all-time high, study finds

A Chinese power station emitting smoke
Greenhouse gas emissions have continued to rise, despite a sharp fall in 2020 when Covid lockdowns were in place in many countries. Photograph: PNK Photo/Getty Images/iStockphoto

Greenhouse gas emissions have reached an all-time high, threatening to push the world into “unprecedented” levels of global heating, scientists have warned.

The world is rapidly running out of “carbon budget”, the amount of carbon dioxide that can be poured into the atmosphere if we are to stay within the vital threshold of 1.5C above pre-industrial temperatures, according to a study published in the journal Earth System Science Data on Thursday.

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