Global carbon emissions from fossil fuels to hit record peak in 2023
Worldwide carbon dioxide emissions from burning fossil fuels will make a new peak this year and increase by 1.1% compared to 2022.
By Eric Roston / Bloomberg
The Global Carbon Project, an international collaboration of scientists, estimates that worldwide carbon dioxide emissions from burning fossil fuels will rise 1.1% this year over 2022, to 36.8 billion metric tons. That’s a new peak and 1.4% higher than the level in 2019, prior to the Covid-19 pandemic.
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