Global CO2 emissions 'hit new record'
- Published: 13 Nov 2012 at 22.47
- Online news: World
Global carbon dioxide emissions hit a new record last year at 34 billion tonnes, with China still topping the list of greenhouse gas producers, a German-based private institute said Tuesday.
Emissions from E.On's coal-fired power plant at Scholven in Gelsenkirchen, western Germany. Global carbon dioxide missions hit a new record last year at 34 bn tonnes, with China still topping the list of greenhouse gas producers, a German-based private institute said Tuesday.
The Renewable Energy Industry Institute (IWR) said that the total amounted to 800 million tonnes more than in 2010, with China accounting for 8.9 billion tonnes -- far more than the US tally of 6.0 billion tonnes.
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