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Global Carbon Budget 2019

December 6 , 2019 1621 days 1103 0
  • The Global Carbon Project (GCP) has released a report titled ‘Global Carbon Budget’ for the year 2019.
  • Established in 2001, GCP is an organisation that releases global budgets for three dominant greenhouse gases
    • Carbon dioxide
    • Methane
    • Nitrous oxide
  • The Atmospheric CO2 concentration in 2019 are 47% above pre-industrial levels.
  • Global CO2 emissions from fossil fuels and industry have increased every decade since 1960s.
  • India’s emissions in 2019 (2.6 billion tonnes or giga tonnes) was likely to be only 1.8 per cent higher than in 2018.
  • The slower rise in emission rates was linked to slower growth in economy.

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