China, US, India push world carbon emissions up

[IDemo]

Source: Yahoo

WASHINGTON (AP) — Spurred chiefly by China, the United States and India, the world spewed far more carbon pollution into the air last year than ever before, scientists announced Sunday as world leaders gather to discuss how to reduce heat-trapping gases.

The world pumped an estimated 39.8 billion tons (36.1 billion metric tons) of carbon dioxide into the air last year by burning coal, oil and gas. That is 778 million tons (706 metric tons) or 2.3 percent more than the previous year.

"It's in the wrong direction," said Glen Peters, a Norwegian scientist who was part of the Global Carbon Project international team that tracks and calculates global emissions every year.

Their results were published Sunday in three articles in the peer-reviewed journals Nature Geoscience and Nature Climate Change.

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[jwirr]

1. Of course they do - one of them is a major materialistic country (USA) and the other two supply

our "needs". If we could find our way to living simpler it would go a long way toward cleaner living.

[La Lioness Priyanka]

2. it's not that simple anymore. india and china have grown increasingly more materalistic and more

embracing of western style capitalism. even if we stopped over-consuming, we've created similar monsters in much much larger populations.

its one thing when 350 million people live wastefully, its another when 2.5 billion people live wastefully.

[jwirr]

3. There is that point.

[La Lioness Priyanka]

4. climate change is the most important topic of our times, and yet, the most depressing

take this war for instance, bombing people maybe necessary for us to stay alive in the immediate future (arguably), but will kill us in the long run.

[jwirr]

5. Yes, we have waited almost too long to start changing to alternatives and simpler living. I am old

so I am not going to be here in the long run - but my family will. There will come a day when we call the elected officials who are denying climate change traitors. I for one already think of them that way.

[Louisiana1976]

7. Excellent point.

[muriel_volestrangler]

6. China now emits more per capita than the EU

see http://www.democraticunderground.com/112775185

[former9thward]

8. What "world leaders" are there?