Ben Adler

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https://news.yahoo.com/the-world-has-less-than-10-years-to-avert-climate-change-catastrophe-report-finds-210017930.html

Wed, March 23, 2022, 2:00 PM·4 min read

Carbon dioxide emissions increased by almost 5% last year, meaning that the world now has a two-in-three chance of reaching 1.5 degrees Celsius of global warming over pre-industrial levels within the decade, according toa new studypublished in the online journal Nature Reviews Earth & Environment.

Due to the COVID-19 pandemic, carbon emissions dipped11%in 2020, potentially buying the world time to transition to clean sources of energy. But in 2021, as economic activity rebounded, the emissions that cause climate change increased 4.8% from 2020.

“These 2021 emissions consumed 8.7% of the remaining carbon budget for limiting anthropogenic warming to 1.5 °C, which if current trajectories continue, might be used up in 9.5 years at 67% likelihood,” the report stated.