In the latest snapshot, they're warning that emissions in 2012
are at an unprecedented high, increasing on average by 3 per
cent per year, with more than three quarters produced by China.
Scientists have described the growth as "shocking" and without
drastic action, they warn governments have no chance of keeping
the planet to the agreed 2 degree temperature rise by the turn
of the century. Presenter: Sarah Clarke Speaker: Pep Canadell,
CSIRO Global Carbon project By the end of this year our analysis
shows global emissions from fossil fuels are set to reach
unprecedented amount of 36 billion tonnes of CO2. Just to put
things in perspective, this is 58 per cent over 1990 which is
the kyoto protocol reference year and growing at about 3 times
faster than they were growing in the 90's Q: How does that
compare to last year? In 2012 we grew at about 2.6 per cent and
last year was about 3 per cent. if you took it back to the last
decade you had up and down of 3 per cent as an average. Q: What
can you pin that down