2009Nov17: Global CO2 emissions rose by 29% between 2000 and 2008, according to the Global Carbon Project. The growth came from developing countries, but 25% of that growth came through production of goods for consumption in advanced economies (BBC).
Reference: BBC http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/science/nature/8364926.stm
Read the Global Carbon Project’s 2008 Carbon Budget report – released 2009Nov17 http://www.globalcarbonproject.org/carbonbudget/index.htm
Image Description: Factory in China on Yangtze River. Photo by High Contrast, 2008Sept. Image Location: Wikimedia Commons http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Factory_in_China.jpg Image Permission: This file is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution 2.0 Germany License.
