Carbon Dioxide Emissions Continue to Rise

Global fossil fuel emissions are on track to rise for a second year in a row, primarily due to growing energy use, according to new estimates from the Global Carbon Project, an initiative led by Stanford University scientist Rob Jackson. Related media coverage:
 

Are We Living Through Climate Change’s Worst-Case Scenario? – The Atlantic, Jan. 15, 2019

Trump Imperils the Planet – The New York Times, Dec. 26, 2018

Coal for Christmas at the U.N. Climate Conference – The New Yorker, Dec. 17, 2018

Greenhouse gas emissions are rising, again – MPR News, Dec. 13, 2018

The threat of climate change hasn’t curbed our carbon emissions—they’re at a record high – Popular Science, Dec. 7, 2018

Global industrial carbon emissions to reach all-time high in 2018 – Nature, Dec. 7, 2018

Are the goals of the Paris Accord slipping out of reach? – PBS NewsHour, Dec. 7, 2018

The Human Fossil-Fuel Addiction: Greenhouse Emissions Soar to Record Levels – Live Science, Dec. 7, 2018

CO2 Emissions Reached an All-Time High in 2018 – Scientific American, Dec. 6, 2018

We’re Destroying the Climate Even Faster Than We’d Thought – New York, Dec. 6, 2018

The Truth About These Climate Change Numbers – Rolling Stone, Dec. 6, 2018

Everyday people are feeling effects of climate change, says scientist – The Hill, Dec. 6, 2018

The Energy 202: Carbon emissions were flat only two years ago. Not anymore. – Washington Post, Dec. 6, 2018

Carbon dioxide emissions rise in 2018, scientists say – Fox News, Dec. 6, 2018

Greenhouse Gas Emissions Accelerate Like a ‘Speeding Freight Train’ in 2018 – New York Times, Dec. 5, 2018

‘We are in trouble.’ Global carbon emissions reached a record high in 2018. – Washington Post, Dec. 5, 2018

Emissions of carbon dioxide into Earth's atmosphere reach record high – USA Today, Dec. 5, 2018

So much for that hope of reaching peak climate emissions – MIT Technology Review, Dec. 5, 2018

Global Emissions Climb to Record Highs, Reversing Three Years of Declines – U.S. News, Dec. 5, 2018

Carbon emissions to hit all-time high, says report – CNN, Dec. 5, 2018

Cars and coal help drive 'strong' CO2 rise in 2018 – BBC, Dec. 5, 2018

A Little Good News About Climate Change for Once – Bloomberg, Dec. 5, 2018

Climate reality check: Global carbon pollution up in 2018 – AP, Dec. 5, 2018

Global carbon emissions in 2018 are set to rise—a lot – Quartz, Dec. 5, 2018

A new, grim milestone in the growth of carbon dioxide emissions across the world – Washington Post, Dec. 5, 2018

Carbon emissions will reach 37 billion tonnes in 2018, a record high – The Conversation, Dec. 5, 2018

Carbon Dioxide Emissions Are Up Again. What Now, Climate? – NPR, Dec. 5, 2018

Carbon emissions rise again in 2018, new report finds – Axios, Dec. 5, 2018

Global Carbon Emissions Are Predicted to Hit Record High in 2018 – Vice, Dec. 5, 2018

Worldwide Carbon Emissions Show Biggest Jump in 7 Years – KQED, Dec. 5, 2018

Fight against greenhouse gases stalls as emissions soar to new record – San Francisco Chronicle, Dec. 5, 2018

Why fossil fuel emissions are increasing — again – San Jose Mercury News, Dec. 5, 2018

World hits another alarming carbon emissions mark – CBS News, Dec. 5, 2018