Global CO₂ emissions are projected to have reached record levels in 2023.
Global carbon dioxide (CO₂) emissions produced by fossil fuel combustion and industrial processes have seen a dramatic rise since the birth of the industrial revolution. CO₂ emissions began to rise more steeply from the 1950s, and by 2000 had reached 25.5 billion metric tons (GtCO₂). Emissions have soared by more than 45 percent since then, reaching 37.15 GtCO₂ in 2022. Historical carbon dioxide emissions from global fossil fuel combustion and industrial processes in selected years from 1750 to 2022 (in billion metric tons)
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Global Carbon Project. (November 6, 2023). Historical carbon dioxide emissions from global fossil fuel combustion and industrial processes in selected years from 1750 to 2022 (in billion metric tons) [Graph]. In Statista. Retrieved June 17, 2024, from https://www.statista.com/statistics/264699/worldwide-co2-emissions/
Global Carbon Project. "Historical carbon dioxide emissions from global fossil fuel combustion and industrial processes in selected years from 1750 to 2022 (in billion metric tons)." Chart. November 6, 2023. Statista. Accessed June 17, 2024. https://www.statista.com/statistics/264699/worldwide-co2-emissions/
Global Carbon Project. (2023). Historical carbon dioxide emissions from global fossil fuel combustion and industrial processes in selected years from 1750 to 2022 (in billion metric tons). Statista. Statista Inc.. Accessed: June 17, 2024. https://www.statista.com/statistics/264699/worldwide-co2-emissions/
Global Carbon Project. "Historical Carbon Dioxide Emissions from Global Fossil Fuel Combustion and Industrial Processes in Selected Years from 1750 to 2022 (in Billion Metric Tons)." Statista, Statista Inc., 6 Nov 2023, https://www.statista.com/statistics/264699/worldwide-co2-emissions/
Global Carbon Project, Historical carbon dioxide emissions from global fossil fuel combustion and industrial processes in selected years from 1750 to 2022 (in billion metric tons) Statista, https://www.statista.com/statistics/264699/worldwide-co2-emissions/ (last visited June 17, 2024)
Historical carbon dioxide emissions from global fossil fuel combustion and industrial processes in selected years from 1750 to 2022 (in billion metric tons) [Graph], Global Carbon Project, November 6, 2023. [Online]. Available: https://www.statista.com/statistics/264699/worldwide-co2-emissions/